[Alphonse FOY (1796-1888)]. More than 50 documents concernin - Lot 202

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[Alphonse FOY (1796-1888)]. More than 50 documents concernin - Lot 202
[Alphonse FOY (1796-1888)]. More than 50 documents concerning him, 1796-1888. Documents on his life and career. Nephew of General Foy, Alphonse Foy headed the Telegraphe administration from 1833 to 1855; he was also a deputy for Aisne (1831-1834). Birth and baptismal certificates; ms table on prosody as a pupil: appointment as second lieutenant signed by Marshal DAVOUT prince of Eckmuhl, service record and roadmap (1815); diplomas for bachelor of arts and law (1820-1822, signed by CUVIER), and licencié en droit (1823); public deed for licentiate in law (1823); appointment as chief administrator of telegraph lines, signed by Casimir PERIER (1831) ; manuscript of his speech on the recruitment law (1831); nominations for knighthood in the Legion of Honor (1833), then officer (1844); purchase of land in Chauny (1833); diploma in the Order of Charles III of Spain (1846); ms of a note on telegraph wires; drafts of letters, letters received, including 2 from Maxime DU CAMP (1867); hunting license (1856); letters from 1870, etc. Plus a printed obituary (numerous copies) and press clippings at the time of his death; a drawn portrait of General Foy; a photograph of Princess Amélie de Bragance; miscellaneous documents, including genealogical notes concerning him; etc.
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