GUADELOUPE. GUINGRET (Pierre-François) Valognes/ Manche 1784 - Lot 358

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GUADELOUPE. GUINGRET (Pierre-François) Valognes/ Manche 1784 - Lot 358
GUADELOUPE. GUINGRET (Pierre-François) Valognes/ Manche 1784 - 1845 - Marshal of Camp in 1837 - Colonel of the 51st Line in 1830, he was sent for 3 years to garrison Guadeloupe. He put an end to a Black revolt without the slightest bloodshed. For this act of courage, GUINGRET received the Cross of the Legion of Honor. - Letter A.S. from "GUADELOUPE, Basse Terre June 11, 1838": "My good and dear MOREL in Passy" (The letter was sent on board of LA CAROLINE for Bordeaux, then on the ship L'INDUSTRIE for Le Havre). "You are for much in my anxieties: if I believe the newspapers the mortality has been frightening! More than 10,000 people would have died since the cholera invasion... I hope that you will have been spared... As for me, I am embarking on the 20th of this month, at Pointe à Pitre, on a good merchant ship, and I hope to make a good crossing. But as we are in the season of calms, we will probably take a long time to cross the ocean. Let my mother know. It is possible that we will have a navigation of more than two months... after the landing, as soon as the quarantine is over, I push my points to Paris to embrace you... and to occupy myself a little with the affairs of the regiment... I bring you some Rum and some Coffee..." - 2pp ¼ in-4°
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