Thomas-Arthur de LALLY-TOLENDAL (1702–1766), governor of the - Lot 21

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Thomas-Arthur de LALLY-TOLENDAL (1702–1766), governor of the - Lot 21
Thomas-Arthur de LALLY-TOLENDAL (1702–1766), governor of the Indies, was defeated by the English; accused of treason, he was beheaded. Letter from the author, from the camp at Speyer, August 4, 1743; 1 page, small quarto. Writing to the Count d’Argenson, he takes the liberty of citing his correspondent “as a witness to the recommendation that Mr. de Noailles had given me to Mr. de Breteuil a few days before his death, as well as to the favorable reports given to your office regarding my service by the generals, inspectors, and colonels under whom I served”…
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