HANDWRITTEN LETTER SIGNED BY ALBAIN VAUJANY, dragoon of the Imperial Guard, TO HIS FATHER in Montbonnot (Isère), March 17, 1813. 18856-19

AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER BY ALBAIN VAUJANY, Imperial Guard dragoon, TO HIS FATHER in Montbonnot (Isère), March 17, 1813. 18856-19

With address "To Mr. Devaujany in Monbonot, Department of Isère near Grenoble, in Monbonot, Isère." Postal mark "96 ??."

Albin de Vaujany (or Vaujany) provides an update on his health after being hospitalized in Dantzig. As soon as he was able, he left by carriage, stating "it was a good decision because the city was blockaded two days later. However, as it was very cold and I was on the carriage unable to walk, both my feet froze, so I have been walking on my knees and hands like a dog for over a month. Now it's getting better, I rubbed my feet with camphorated spirits, but they are still so tender that I can only manage about four leagues. Throughout the day, I go to Paris to the depot, I am very unhappy on the road, everything is so expensive that my pay is not enough to feed myself. It's been over eight days since I had soup, I am very weak. I would have written to ask you to send me money on the road, but I considered it easier for you to send it to Paris, so I will suffer until then. Please see what you can send because I might not stay in Paris for more than eight days before returning to the army [...]
My address: To Mr. Albin Vaujany, Dragoon of the Imperial Guard arriving at its depot in Paris.
I beg you, my dear father, to send me money immediately as I am completely destitute and in great need...
Signed: your son Albin Devaujany";

* Montbonnot-Saint-Martin is a French commune located in the department of Isère.

Double sheet. 2 1/2 pages
Dimensions: 20 cm x 16 cm.
In fair condition, very pale ink, damp stains and foxing, creases, frayed edges, and a tear with loss (but without impact on the text).