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.
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.
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