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ROCHAMBEAU (Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, 1725-1809, French Marshal, Comte, General in the American Revolution) Autograph letter signed to  Antoine-François de FOURCROY,  (1755-1809), as "Director General of Public Instruction" (from 1802), addressed to him at the "Jardin des Plantes" where he was Professor of Chemistry, in French with translation, recommending "Monsieur Thibault, professor at the Lycée of Bourges" as "Professor of Belles Lettres presently vacant at the said Lycée", whom he knew "in this capacity at the former École Centrale at Vendôme", signing himself "the old octogenarian Rochambeau, late Marshal of France, Grand Officer of the Légion d'Honneur", with a note signed 'F' by Fourcroy, "Has he been put forward for this place?", short notes in other hands, 1 side 4to, autograph address and postmark on conjugate leaf, Rochambeau, near Vendôme, 30th Frimaire Year 13 [21st December With a collector's label from "Collectione Conradi Adolphi Baronis de Malzen" Item Date:  0 Stock No:  17793      £950 Add to Wish List    Order/Enquire    Full Details

ROCHESTER (Laurence Hyde, 1641-1711, 1st Earl, brother-in-law of James II), DERING (Sir Edward, 1625-1684, 2nd Bt.), and GODOLPHIN (Sidney, 1645-1712, 1st Earl, Queen Anne's Lord High Treasurer), Document signed by all three as Lords of the Treasury, ordering the repayment of £51 19s 11d with interest to Aldermen Gardiner and Osborne of Norwich, for quartering "severall of Captaine George Littletons Soldiers in the Regiment of his Highness the Duke of Yorke ... for Severall days ... deducted out of their pay", to be taken from the £296462 17s 3d voted "for Paying off, and Disbanding the Forces Raised since the 29th September 1677", with an attractive 18th century engraving, 11½" x 7¾", of Godolphin's funeral monument erected by his daughter-in-law Henrietta Churchill, from 1722 Duchess of Marlborough in her own right, the document printed with manuscript additions, 1 side folio, Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 7th July narrow piece torn from right hand margin to cancel the document (not touching the signatures), with loss of about 8 letters (easily supplied), tiny tear in horizontal fold of engraving Item Date:  1679 Stock No:  19334      £225 Add to Wish List    Order/Enquire    Full Details

NAPOLEON TIGHTENS HIS GRIP RODIA (Marchese, Commissary General to Ferdinand IV of Naples) Table showing the State of the French Forces Stationed in the Kingdom of Naples, in a small neat hand, in Italian with transcriptions and translations of the headings and notes, signed by him 'Marchese RHODIA', showing the Places, Numbers and Corps "under the command of Lieutenant-General GOUVION DE ST-CYR"(Laurent, 1764-1830, Marquis, Marshal of France, 1812, reforming war minister under the Restoration), copied from Gouvion's official lists by Rodia, the first section shows how completely the French have occupied places of any size, coastal or inland, in the whole of the heel of Italy as far round as Taranto, as well as Pescara and Chieti further north, there follow the names of all the regiments ('half-brigades') involved, infantry, cavalry and artillery, including regiments from Napoleon's own Kingdom of Italy in the north, Switzerland and Poland, with the numbers in each, totalling 13,393 men, followed by interesting details of the Artillery Train - Mobile Forges ('Forge di Campagna'), Wagons, Chests and Replacement Gun Carriages, hauled by 441 draught animals, supporting 16 cannon (6- and 12-pounders) and 4 howitzers ('obici'), Rodia notes that besides the above, "and temporary batteries set up in the Gulf of Taranto", the French hold "all the fortresses in Apulia and those in Pescara in Abruzzo, except Manfredonia, with their respective Batteries and stores of munitions", 1 side 5" x 7" in margins 6¾" x 8¾", Taranto, 1st February (Transcriptions of Headings and Notes) [Title] Stato dimostrativo della forza francese stazionata nel Regno di Napoli sotto il Comando di Luogotenente Generale Consigliere di Stato Gouvion Saint-cyr e ricavata nel suo effettivo Numero e Corpi dal Commissario Generale per S[ua] M[aestà] Marchese Rhodia. [Headings 1,2] Provincie, Linea di Paesi ove dimorano Lecce: Otranto, Gallipoli, Nardo, Lecce, Campi, St Pier Vernoso, Brindisi, Mesagna, Taranto, Francavilla, Casalnuovo, Massafra, Castellaneta, Ostuni Bari: Fasano, Monopoli, Polignano, Monteroni, Gioja, Adolfetta, Trani, Terlizzi, Biletto, Conversano, Mola, Bari, Casamassima, Giovinazzo, Bisceglia, Barletta, Bitonto, Acquaviva Matera: Altamura, Gravina, Matera Chieti: Pescara, Chieti [Heading 3] Stato effectivo della Forza che trovasi nel Regno divisa nei loro Corpi. Infanteria: Generali Stato Maggiore Generali & Genio 2a,3a,4a Mezza Brigata Italiana 1a. Leggiere 6a,42a di Linea 2a Elvetica Corpo Ligure Infanteria Polacca Cavalleria: Ussari Italiani 7o. Dragoni 9o. Cacciatori Cavalleria Polacca Artiglieria: A Cavallo A Piedi Zappatori Artefici Treno 2a. Battaglione Uffiziali di salute Impiegati alla Tesoreria Idem per la sussistenza [Heading 4] Treno d'Artiglieria appartenente alle Truppe Animali da Tiro, Bocchi di fuoco con i loro affusti: Cannoni [da] 6 [libbre], [da] 12 [libbre], Obici da 6 [libbre], Affusti di Ricambio, Cassoni Ordinarii, Carri a Munizioni, Forge di Campagna [Heading 5] Osservazioni Oltre le suddette Artiglierie venute coll' Armata, e le batterie occasionali fatte nel cratere di Taranto, sono in Potere de' francesi tutti i Castelli di Puglia e quello di Pescara in Abruzzo meno che Manfredonia colle loro rispettive Battterie, e dolazione di munizioni. [Signed] Marchese Rhodia Taranto il 1mo. Febbrajo 1804. (Translations of Headings and Notes) (Title) Table showing the French forces stationed in the Kingdom of Naples under the Command of Lieutenant General Councillor of State Gouvion St-Cyr and copied from his list of active Numbers and Corps by Marchese Rodia, His Majesty [Ferdinand IV]'s Commissary General. [Headings 1,2] Provinces, List of Districts where they are stationed Lecce: Otranto, Gallipoli, Nardo, Lecce, Campi, St Pier Vernoso, Brindisi, Mesagna, Taranto, Francavilla, Casalnuovo, Massafra, Castellaneta, Ostuni Bari: Fasano, Monopoli, Polignano, Monteroni, Gioja, Adolfetta, Trani, Terlizzi, Biletto, Conversano, Mola, Bari, Casamassima, Giovinazzo, Bisceglia, Barletta, Bitonto, Acquaviva Matera: Altamura, Gravina, Matera Chieti: Pescara, Chieti [Heading 3] Effective State of the Forces present in the Kingdom with their Corps. Infantry: Generals, General and Engineering Staff, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Italian Half-Brigades, 1st Light, 6th and 42nd of the Line, 2nd Swiss, Ligurians, Polish Infantry. Cavalry: Italian Hussars, 7th Dragoons, 9th Chasseurs,. Polish Cavalry. Artillery: Horse, Foot, Sappers, Artisans, Train (2nd Battalion), Health Officers, Treasury Employees, Subsistence ditto. Artillery Train attached to the Troops Draught Animals, Guns with their Carriages: Cannon: 6 pounders, Cannon: 12-pounders, Howitzers: 6-pounders, Replacement Gun Carriages, Limber Boxes ['Cassoni'], Ammunition Wagons, Mobile Forges ['Forge di Campagna']. Note. Besides the above Artillery that came with the Armed Forces, and the temporary batteries set up in the Gulf of Taranto, the French have in their power all the Fortresses of Apulia and that of Pescara in Abruzzo except Manfredonia, with their respective Batteries and ammunition supplies.. Taranto, 1st February 1804. [Signed] Marchese Rhodia. Item Date:  1804 Stock No:  55716      £975 Add to Wish List    Order/Enquire    Full Details

ROGERS (Augustus, Secretary to the Office of Ordnance) Document signed to Thomas Binstead of 3 Holborn Court, Gray's Inn, about "the Barracks at the Halfway houses for the Royal Artificers at Portsmouth", saying the Board has ordered that the rent and taxes already disbursed of £274.1.0 "to be paid to you by Bill and Debenture and have directed the Storekeeper at Portsmouth to pay the Rent, Taxes, and Quit Rent in future at Lady Day and Michaelmas agreeable to your request", 1 side folio, Office of Ordinance, 7th April Item Date:  1791 Stock No:  13176      £60 Add to Wish List    Order/Enquire    Full Details

ROKEBY (William, Colonel in the Commonwealth Army) Receipted Account Signed, with transcription, for seven sums totalling £153 18s 1d, beginning "Received of Lieutenant Leavens for 28 dais pay for Coronel Rokeby & 3 men the summe of £25 2s 11d upon the muster of 22th September 1651. Note that 5s 9d is abated pro incident Charges which is the Reason why it is not 25-8-8", with further entries under 7th November, 21st November, 16th December and 12th February 1651 (the latter 1652, modern calendar), neatly arranged in columns, variously received from Colonel Hatfeild, Lieutenant Leavens, Mr Shrigley, and Lieutenant John Pickering, on the 7th November the "3 men" are named as "Watkin, Bowner, Raspin", the 12th February also refers to "an Acquittance signed by Mr Samuell Nelson", the full wording for the total is also in Rokeby's hand, 1 side 12¼" x 7¾", no place, 14th April stub of guard neatly attached to left margin Item Date:  1652 Stock No:  54096      £975 Add to Wish List    Order/Enquire    Full Details

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