ARMY OF THE NORTH - Headquarters at UTRECHT, the 1st Supplem - Lot 357

ARMY OF THE NORTH - Headquarters at UTRECHT, the 1st Supplementary Day of Year 5 (September 17, 1797) – General Gabriel BARBOU DES COURIÈRES (Abbeville, Somme, 1761–1827) - Letter signed as Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the North, to General DEJEAN (Jean-François-Aimé, Count; future Minister) - Printed letterhead, large vignette – 2 folio pages - A fine military letter updating General Dejean on various matters: Follow-up actions taken regarding the insubordination incident involving Adjutant General DARDENNE;... “I have included in today’s Order of the Day, in accordance with your wishes, the celebration of the Founding of the Republic; I have specifically tasked Adjutant General LA CONVERSERIE with overseeing the details of the event to be held here...”; Letter sent by Minister Plenipotentiary NOËL; Letter from the Authorizing Commissioner regarding heating: “The Committee seems quite determined, as does the First Batavian Commissioner, never to hear of any improvements for the soldiers’ well-being.”