HISTORY - DEJEAN Jean-Franois-AimŽ (1749 - 1824) - Autograph letter signed
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Engineer school at Mezires. Commander of the Engineers in the ArmŽe du Nord, he was appointed Conseiller d'Etat in 1799 and Minister of War in 1802. Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Napoleon appointed him First Inspector General of Engineering in 1808 and Governor of the Ecole Polytechnique in 1814. He was made a peer of France the same year. Letter signed "Dejean" with a signed autograph post scriptum. "D" of 7 lines, as division general, state councilor, extraordinary minister in Genoa to State Councilor Emery; Genoa, 29 Germinal Year IX (April 19, 1801), approx. 1 p. 3/4 in folio, printed header. to his name. Beautiful piece.Letter relating to the complaint of French traders established in Italy and provisionally removed from the list of emigrants: ÒIls se plaignent que l'incertitude dans laquelle se trouvent les ŽmigrŽs, provisoirement ŽloignŽs et renvoyŽs sous surveillance, quant aux droits qu'ils peuvent exercer en France, sorte de mort civile ˆ laquelle ils se trouvent condamnŽs, empche beaucoup d'hommes industrieux qui se trouvent dans ce cas d'apporter des contributions utiles. Žtablissements vers la France...Je prŽfre, mon cher collgue, que vous transmettiez cet accusŽ de rŽception confidentiellement ; et que vous le confiiez ˆ votre excellent esprit et ˆ votre bon cÏurÉ".
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