PHILIPPE HENRI DE SEGUR (1724-1801) Letter signed "Le Maréchal de Ségur" to the Duc du Chatelet. Versailles 25th August 1785.

1 p. 31 x 20 cm In French. Small chips at the head. He informs him that His Majesty has kindly granted a place as Knight in the Military Order of Saint Louis to Captain Dumont de Bussigny. He should simply indicate the Province or Place Commander "most likely to confer the cross on him". Philippe Henri, Marquis de Ségur, grandson of the Regent French gentleman, officer during the wars of Louis XV, Secretary of State for War under Louis XVI from 1780 to 1787, Marshal of France in 1783.