Lettre autographe signée inédite à sa femme Aimée Leclerc à l'aube du traité de Tilsit

Autograph letter signed by Marshal Davout to his wife, Aimée Leclerc. 3 pages in black ink on a double sheet. A red pencil numbering and a pencil date from a previous bibliographer at the top of the first sheet.
A lengthy missive, likely unpublished, written a week before the signing of the first Treaty of Tilsit, which ended the war against the Fourth Coalition. Confident in the successful outcome of the Prussian and Polish campaigns, Davout hopes to reunite with his wife—the sister-in-law of Pauline Bonaparte—as soon as possible; little did he know the delicate mission the Emperor would soon entrust him with, appointing him as the head of the French forces in the new Duchy of Warsaw.
Davout provides news of his wife's brother and uncle-in-law: General Desessart, Chief of Staff of the Friant Division in the 3rd Corps of the Grande Armée, and General Jean-Charles Musquinet de Beaupré, attached to the staff of the 3rd Corps of the Grande Armée. He expresses concern for his wife's health and would only learn the following day of the happy birth of his daughter Adèle Napoléone.
A highly visual letter featuring a striking signature by Marshal Davout.

"1st July Tilsit
I have just received, my dear Aimée, your letters from the 19th and 20th of June. It feels as though I am by your side, experiencing all the anxieties that have tormented me in similar situations. My eagerness to learn of the event is extreme. The courage you display as it approaches truly reassures me and dispels the deep worries I could not shake off some time ago.
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You must, my dear Aimée, focus on taking good care of your health so that when I arrive in Paris, I find you fully recovered from your confinement, and we can enjoy Savigny together for the rest of the beautiful season. For the affairs here are taking such a turn that I can hope to embrace you within two months at the latest. [...]
It seems to me, my dear friend, that I have never given you cause for such fears, but enough on this matter.
Let us speak a little of our Joséphine. She shows an intelligence far superior to her age, for which I am grateful for all her kindness and the good humor she shows you.
I send her, for this reason, endless affection. A thousand tender thoughts to our dear mother. Reassure her about the health of Desessart, Beaupré, and all that concerns her, and remind me to the memory of my sister-in-law; announce to her that her brave and esteemed husband enjoys perfect health.
Farewell, my dear Aimée, receive the embraces of your loving and faithful husband. L. Davout"