Neuville, G. H.; [Uvarov, Sergei Semenovich]. Funeral Oration pronounced at St. Petersburg in Honour of Moreau. Reprinted in New-York, with a Preface by a Friend of General Moreau. Translated from the French. New-York: Printed for Eastburn, Kirk & Co. corner of Wall and Nassau-Streets, by John Forbes, 1814. First Edition. [12576]
Removed, no wrapper, includes the half-title, 8 1/2 x 5 inches, 60 clean pp. Good. Pamphlet.
The editor and author of the Preface is Jean-Guillaume, Baron Hyde de Neuville (1776-1857), French diplomat who lived in the United States from 1806 to 1814. The Oration is attributed to Sergei Semenovich Uvarov. This is a translation of Eloge funèbre de Moreau.
Sergei Semenovich Uvarov (1786-1855), b. Moscow, Russia. Uvarov was minister of education in Russia and president of the Academy of Sciences. He was a strong ally of Nicholas I. and the originator of the phrase "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality" as expressive of Russian education, culture, and thought.
Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813), b. Morlaix, France; d. Louny, Austria. Moreau was a leading French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and an early supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte, who later became his bitter enemy. It is said that Bonaparte's wife, Josephine, was contemptuous of Moreau, and that Bonaparte's jealousy was provoked by Moreau's military successes. He was arrested and banished, and after a sojourn in the United States, Moreau returned to France and joined the French royalists in their rebellion against Bonaparte. Moreau was mortally wounded at the Battle of Dresden.
