ZUBOV PLATON ALEXANDROVICH (1767-1822)
Lotto 206
3 0003 500
1 sheet, folded in half. 25x20,5cm. In French. On reverse: `To
Mr. baron Von Pirh in Moscow`. Wax imprint of P.A. Zubov`s
seal.
Zubov informs his son in law that he has got his letter and ever
happy to see him in his estate. At the end he asks him to kiss Sophia
and her `little girl`.
Zubov Platon Alexandrovich (1767-1822). Statesman, Empress
Catherine II favorite. Member of plot against Emperor Paul I.
Baron Carl Carlovich Pirh (1788-1822). Russian military figure,
member of Patriotic war 1812 and European campaigns of the Russian
army in 1813-1814. Was distinguished in Borodino battle and
awarded St. Anna order of the 3d degree for this. Was awarded
St. Anna order of the 2d degree for Kulma battle. Was married to
Sophia (1800-1880), illegitimate daughter of Platon Zubov.