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CHOUANS. Letter from A.S. BOURDON (François-Mathieu-Pierre), - Lot 543
CHOUANS. Letter from A.S. BOURDON (François-Mathieu-Pierre), Deputy for ORNE to the Council of Elders. Paris, the 1st of Fructidor, Year 7 (August 18, 1799) – 2 pages, in-4° – Letter of recommendation for Citizen TOUSSAINT, Battalion Commander attached to the 47th Battle Brigade of the Army of the Alps, Left Division, currently stationed in Chambéry “.. This brave soldier has shown such proof of his bravery and intelligence in the all-too-unfortunate war that the department of ORNE was forced to wage against the Chouans, that I consider it essential for him to hold a command in that part of the Republic which is, more than ever, infested with bandits...”
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