LS in French, signed “Josephine,” one page, 7.25 x 9, March 29, 1807. Letter to "Monsieur le General Ernouf," recommending Mr. Mallevault, who will soon depart for Guadeloupe. In fine condition. Jean Augustin Ernouf was a French general and colonial administrator of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars who held several posts as chief-of-staff and in military administration. In 1804, Ernouf became a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and was sent to Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue as Captain General of the colony, tasked with restoring order in the wake of the slave and mulatto rebellion against slavery and the Saint-Domingue campaign of Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc.
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