General MORGAN, Jacques Polycarpe de (Amiens (Somme) 1759 - - Lot 382

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General MORGAN, Jacques Polycarpe de (Amiens (Somme) 1759 - - Lot 382
General MORGAN, Jacques Polycarpe de (Amiens (Somme) 1759 - Chamarande/ Essonne 1843) General in 1795 (Cavalry)- (ST DOMINGUE) Lettre A.S. "Le Général de Brigade MORGAN, l'un des Commandants de la Légion d'Honneur, et Commandant du département de la SARTHE." (Printed letterhead, Vignette Empire) - au MANS le 25 Janvier 1808 - 1p in-folio - He certifies that "Sieur Gartin O' German was Lieutenant of the Compagnie de Dragons de la Grande Plaine du Cul de sac, at the time when the French troops attacked the PORT AU PRINCE, and that he immediately joined General BOUDET's Division which took this place... being Sergeant and detached to LA TORTUE, to pursue the Brigands de la Grande terre who had come to slit the throats of the sick in the hospitals. Mr. O' German managed to save the life of General LACROIX, who commanded this island... this action earned him the rank of Officer...".
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