[68] I would here say what I have said to my generals, that the success of this little enterprise is due chiefly to the Chev. de la Tulley, Captain of the de la Ferronaye dragoons, and to M. Casette, formerly Lieutenant of the d’Autichamp dragoons. Note by D’Eon, _Pièces Relatives_, &c. 31. [69] The Count de Broglio to Louis XV., February 19, 1762, and March 24, 1758. De Broglie, ii. 5; i. 300. [70] The Marquis de l’Hôpital had retired the preceding autumn. [71] Louis XV. to Tercier, June 1, June 19, July 28, 1762. Boutaric, i. 274, 275, 277. D’Eon received a gratuity of three thousand livres from the King (probably as a salve to the disappointment he must have felt at missing promotion). Louis XV. to Tercier, August 31, 1762. _Ibid._ i. 278. [72] D’Eon to the Count de Broglio, July 1, 1762. De Broglie, ii. 105. Peter III. was assassinated July 14, 1762. [73] Madame Campan, the contemporary who notices the employment of D’Eon as reader to Elizabeth, employs the term _lecteur_. I do not know on what equally reliable authority the duke uses the word _lectrice_. [74] De Broglie, ii. 607. I have not been able to consult the original work. [75] Peter III. [76] _Lett. Mém._ &c. i. 382. [77] Countess Catherine Woronzoff was the maiden name of this lady. [78] _Lett. Mém._ &c. i. 104. [79] _Lett. Mém._ &c. MS. notes, 99, 101. [80] The Duke de Choiseul, during whose ministry (1764) the Jesuits were expelled from France, the Order being wisely suppressed by Clement XIV. in 1773. [81] _Lett. Mém._ &c. MS. note, i. v. Junius taunts the Duke of Grafton on his wife’s infidelity. This lady, a daughter of Lord Ravensworth, obtained a divorce from the duke in 1769, and was afterwards married to the Earl of Ossory. [82] The Duke de Nivernois to the Duke de Praslin, January 12, 1763. De Broglie, ii. 107. Gaill. 92. [83] _European Mag._ vol. xiv. [84] The Duke de Nivernois to the Duke de Praslin, October 2, November 14, 1762. _Lett. Mém._ &c. i. 246. [85] The signatories were—the Duke of Bedford, the Duke de Praslin, and the Marquis Grimaldi. [86] D’Eon left London with the ratifications of the definite treaty on February 23rd, and delivered them to the Duke of Bedford on the 26th. _France Correspondence_, Public Record Office. [87] The Duke de Nivernois was little aware that he was saying a great truth. Note by D’Eon. [88] The Duke de Nivernois Correspondence. _Lett. Mém._ &c. [89] The Duke de Nivernois Correspondence. _Lett. Mém._ &c. [90] _France Correspondence_, Public Record Office. [91] January 8, 1763. _Lett. Mém._ &c. iii. 74. [92] The Duke de Nivernois Correspondence. _Lett. Mém._ &c. [93] _Mém. de la Chevalière D’Eon._ Gaill. 115. [94] De Pompadour. [95] Ch. MSS. 951. [96] De Broglie, ii. 105. [97] Written _circa_ 1806. The Count de Broglio died in 1781. [98] Ch. MSS. 814, 767. ‘Preamble to Will.’ [99] This highly esteemed order, instituted in 1693 by Louis XIV., fell in abeyance in 1830.