SÉRURIER JEAN MATHIEU PHILIBERT: (1742-1819), Marshal of France. A fine A.L., three pages, folio, Cremona, 7th ...

SÉRURIER JEAN MATHIEU PHILIBERT: (1742-1819), Marshal of France. A fine A.L., three pages, folio, Cremona, 7th March 1798, to the future General d'Arbois, then aide-de-camp to General Kilmaine in the Levant division of the Italian Army, on the Major General Inspector General of Infantry stationary, in French. Serurier reassures his correspondent about the worries he might have about his letters from Corfu, and states in part ''It seems to me, however, that a word from General Bonaparte should have been enough, since he must be fully convinced of the atrocity committed by your denouncers. I can only invite you to have patience...'' Sérurier further refers to the Rome Expedition and to, in his opinion, unexpected appointment ''of General Masséna to command the Army of Rome at the moment that Berthier was commanding it, and that he had been reduced to the command in chief of the part of the Italian Army that was without the territory of the Cisalpine Republic. It is true that the command in chief of everything is assigned to him in case the Austrians make some hostile movements against our expedition to Rome...''. With address leaf bearing partial remnants of a red wax seal. A letter of interesting content. Folded, with a hole to the last page and fold as a result of the letter opening. G £150-200 Joseph Louis d'Arbois de Jubainville (1764-1803) was a senior officer under the Revolution, in the Levant division of the Italian Army. Governor of Corfu, then appointed general in 1802 by Dugua during the expedition to St. Domingo. Prisoner of the English, mistreated, he died in British prisons in Jamaica at the age of 39. D'Arbois was dismissed as Royalist on November 12th 1797 following a complaint by Brigade Chief Roch Godart and the people of Corfu.