RUSSO-SWEDISH WAR (1808–1809) Manuscript copy of a letter from General Count F. F. Buksgevden (Buxhoeveden) to Minister of War, Count Alexei Andreyevich Arakcheev, dated 13 September 1809.

Lot 26

300400

8 pages, 4to. In Russian. General Count Fyodor Fyodorovich Buxhoeveden (Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Buxhoevden) (1750-1811), commander-in-chief of the Russian forces during the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-1809, wrote a sharply worded and expansive letter, to the Minister of War, Count A.A. Arakcheev. The letter openly challenges Arakcheev’s authoritarian conduct, pointing out its inappropriateness and overreach. The letter resonated throughout Russia, it was copied and circulated. PROVENANCE: From the archives of the Barclay de Tolly-Weimarn family.

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