LAUZUN (Armand-Louis de Gontaud-Biron, Duc de). 1747-1793. M - Lot 132

LAUZUN (Armand-Louis de Gontaud-Biron, Duc de). 1747-1793. Military, hero of the American War of Independence. L.A.S. to banker Perrégaux. Paris, April 1, 1780. 2 pp. two-sheet in-8, address on verso, red wax seal. Relating to the purchase of a house, shortly before his departure for America; "I have just seen Mr. Roland's house, which would fulfill my wishes perfectly, whether it was for rent or for sale, you would be very kind to inquire (...). The Duke sets out his conditions, proposing to rent it for a hundred louis a year; if he were to consider buying it, he asks what payment arrangements need to be made; "I could use the 20,000 ll that Mr. Marchand owes me, and I still have a resource of about thirty on which I will give you all the necessary information if need be. Mad. de Martinville, who is willing to see the house and judge whether it suits me, intends to discuss it with you (...)."