Certificates signed by Étienne Macdonald, Duke of Taranto, Légion d'Honneur

MACDONALD/LEGION. Reunion of signed certificates around the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor, all signed by Etienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, Duc de Tarente (1765-1840), hero of the Battle of Wagram, Grand Chancellor of the Order:
1) Chevalier for Captain Cesta of the 28th Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval, November 23, 1816
2) Authorization to wear the order of Charles III of Spain, January 14, 1824
3) Authorization to visit the parlour of the Maison Royale, August 22, 1817
4) Instruction of new arrangements to a Chevalier, June 30, 1816
5) Chevalier for a Chevau-léger in the 2nd Regiment of the Ex-Garde, November 23, 1816
6) Request for service record to enter the order, February 6, 1823
7) Request for information from a Chevalier to the Préfet de la Loire, May 2, 1823
8) Delegation of medal award to Vicomte de La Rochefoucault, aide de Camp to the King, to a merchant, February 3, 1826
9) Authorization for Comte de Bugny to wear the decoration of Chevalier de la Couronne de fer d'Autriche, November 25, 1818
A footer signed by the Duke is enclosed.
A letter of provisional appointment to a rank is attached (poor condition).