MOREÉ EXPEDITION - Greek Independence Wars - Postmarks / Cor - Lot 106

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MOREÉ EXPEDITION - Greek Independence Wars - Postmarks / Cor - Lot 106
MOREÉ EXPEDITION - Greek Independence Wars - Postmarks / Correspondence of 19 autographed letters signed by Edmond Duhamel de Fougeroux (1808-1898, Marine officer), from August 29, 1828 to August 24, 1829, addressed to his mother (née Agathe Fougeroux de Secval, 1776-1858), some to his father (Auguste Duhamel de Fougeroux, 1766-1836, high civil servant, grand-nephew of Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, the great scientist of the Age of Enlightenment), most of these letters are lacerated or pickled (sanitary preventive measures), 10 bear the postmark "Pays d'Outremer par Toulon", the content of this 55-page text is dense, Edmond likes to describe with precision, he also evokes the members of his family and his friends embarked on other ships - Edmond is 20 years old, he is a cadet and it is his first embarkation - Toulon, August 29, 1828: "He has a convoy loaded with 43 troops, two frigates and three corvettes to leave for the Morée, I intend to embark on the vessel "Le Scipion" - Toulon October 1, 1828: he has been on board the Scipion for 2 days and has found acquaintances there - December 26, 1828: he is in the roadstead of Navarin (Morée) and is already going to return to France "the affairs of Greece are, so to speak, entirely finished", "there is only talk here of the return of the troops to France, we are part of the 1st expedition, it will be composed of 2 ships and 3 frigates, we will have on board 600 men of the 35th Regiment, the officers are delighted to leave, they are housed in wooden huts that get wet" - January 21, 1829 : he has just arrived in the harbor of Toulon, they left Navarin on December 29, they have always had the wind against them, a hurricane carried away two sails and broke two yards, their expedition brought back five thousand men from Morea, "it is certain that in April all the troops will have evacuated Greece", they are locked up in this "ugly lazaretto", it is likely that we will return to the Levant, the Admiral wants to leave a division there - February 10, 1829: he is going to be part of the Levant Division composed of 4 ships and 4 frigates, but we do not know for which part of the Levant nor for how long", "we will leave as soon as we are repaired", as they still have 21 days of quarantine, he will not be able to go to Toulon - 16 February 1829: "The Admiral has just fixed our departure for the 18th or 20th, they are bringing in the supplies night and day - February 17, 1829: "we leave tomorrow for the Levant" - March 10, 1829: they arrived on the 3rd in the roadstead of Navarin, "Admiral de Rigny is here", the roadstead is filled with French ships which will complete the return of the troops to France, but he will remain attached to the Division of the Levant, one works to re-establish the fortifications of Navarins, one removes all that could cause diseases, , he began to see Greeks arriving little by little, he saw them living in huts covered with leaves when he went for a walk in the mountains, France had just sent 10 scientists to Navarins who would be responsible for setting up schools and making industry prosper - March 25, on board the "Scipio" in the harbor of Navarins: General Maison will return to France at the end of April and will leave 6,000 men dispersed in the main cities to maintain good order, "we fear that Admiral Rosamel will leave Navarin as soon as the general leaves and that we will be obliged to remain on station in his place" - April 2, 1829: 25000 rifles arrived from France to be given to the Greeks, the repairs of the fortifications of Navarin and Modon are almost finished, he has just made a trip on horseback of 3 days in the interior of the country, Kalamata and Androussa, all destroyed by the Turks, they slept in the middle of the ruins, they visited Messène with its strong walls and its theater, he made many drawings - April 12, 1829 : still stationed in Navarin and languishing, moreover as the return of the troops is finished, the communications with France are reduced - May 15, 1829: he hopes to leave in 15 days from Navarin, before he wants to go to Smyrna to buy rose oil and goat hair cloths, the Marshal Maison must leave, they are waiting for the Ambassador of Constantinople that a ship will accompany to the Dardanelles - June 4, 1829: the Admiral is going to leave for Smyrna and he hopes to accompany him, he thinks with nostalgia of his campaign of Denainvilliers, with its trees in leaves, "here we do not have the enjoyment of seeing any, the Turks by leaving the Morée burned everything" - June 6, 1829: they leave for Patras, enchanted to leave Navarin - July 10, 1829: here he is back in Navarin!July 10, 1829 : he came back to Navarino ! they received the order to embark troops in Coron to come back to Navarino, he was going to bring back to his brother for his collection, samples of conches which formed the Mount Parnas
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