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Autograph letter signed : Grenoble, to the Minister of War [Jean-Baptiste-Jules Bernadotte], [1799 August 18] "1 Fructidor, an V".

BIB_ID
195926
Accession number
MA 13707
Creator
Championnet, Jean-Etienne, 1762-1800.
Display Date
[1799 August 18] "1 Fructidor, an V".
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 32.6 x 21.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed "7 Fructidor No. 1116".
Written on Championnet's official stationery as General in Chief of the Army of the Alps.
Jean-Baptiste-Jules Bernadotte (later Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway) served as the French Minister of War from July to September of 1799.
Inscriptions/Markings
With the ownership stamp of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana.
Provenance
Stamp of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana; bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
A letter accompanying a request from Widow Point for a pension for her and her two children authorized for survivors of generals who died defending the nation; Championnet praises General [François Hilarion ] Point and says the family deserves the gratitude of the nation and the pension they request.