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PONIATOWSKI, PRINCE JOZEF

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PONIATOWSKI, PRINCE JOZEF
(1763 - 1813) French marshal born to a Polish nobility, led forces in Napoleon's ill-fated Russian campaign and in the assault on Moscow, wounded at Smolensk and led with great distinction at Leipzig. Scarce L.S. ""Josef Prince Poniatowski"" 1p. 8vo., Warsaw, March 27, 1806, in Polish to a gentleman, in part: ""àJaroslaw Izbedski has delivered your letteràI would be glad to fulfill the request included in this letter, for that reason I have ordered to find all the evidence necessary for you. Nothing has been found in my own Archives; the best possibility to find anything would be the Royal Documents, however, the small part of them that I have in my possession has nothing to do with this matterà"". Slight foxing, otherwise finely signed in Poniatowksi's unusual hand and very good