[Correspondence Naples] 19 letters received... - Lot 342 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

[Correspondence Naples] 19 letters received by the Baron d'Arlincourt, kept in two folders [Correspondance générale pendant mon séjour à Naples] and [Correspondance avec différentes personnes à Naples 1814 particulière]. 1812-1815. Several letters concern the arrest of Mr Melchior, in Naples, guilty of homicide on his wife. 3 letters from an envoy of Queen Caroline, letters from Adolphe de Nantes, Luchini, Salomon (surgeon major of the regiment, 5 letters from Bologna, Ischia and Naples), Le Clair (concerning the woods of the castle of Richelieu), Cariati (Vienne, 1813), Duval, Fontaine (Foggia, 1812), etc.. And 4 letters from the watchmaker Chapuy-Lépine (Paris, 1812-1813) on the making of a "week, month and Moon key", the sending of watches and clocks to Naples and their placement, his trip to Rome for "an important clock that I am going to place with King Charles 4"; he asks him to intervene with the King of Naples, hoping to obtain some commissions for the Palace. "I take with me some drawings that will give me a choice of both clocks and candelabra". "I'll take care of the rehearsal that you've ordered me to do. I will take all the care that an amateur such as yourself, who is able to judge great perfection, can hope for []. We enclose 4 copies of letters to his notary relating to his affairs.