Victor-Emmanuel LECLERC (1772-1802) general, he married Paul - Lot 598

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Victor-Emmanuel LECLERC (1772-1802) general, he married Paul - Lot 598
Victor-Emmanuel LECLERC (1772-1802) general, he married Pauline Bonaparte, and died in the expedition of Saint-Domingue. L.S., Cape Town H.Q. 18 fructidor X (5 September 1802), to Rear Admiral Duckworth; 1 page folio, headed Armée de Saint-Domingue, Le Général en chef. After the peace of Amiens. Leclerc congratulates the admiral "on the restoration of peace between our two governments. For a long time I have had the desire to testify to V.E. how satisfied I was with this happy event; two frigates that I sent you for this purpose, in two different circumstances, had their crews damaged by illness and were obliged to return. He thanks him for having granted an escort "to the frigate the cockade in the danger in which it was"...
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