PENSION PATENT FOR GENERAL ARAGON Signed by the President Merlin De Douai 1798

Description

PENSION PATENT for 42 YEARS of SERVICE
- Rare Historical Document
Signed & Sealed
by the Merlin de Douai as a President of the Executive
Directory & French Minister of War Barthelemy Louis Joseph Scherer
Large
patent for a pension in favor of General (Ex Marshal de Camp) Lizier d’Aragon
of Montabonne Peyrofitte 1738 - 1808 in reward of 42 years and 6 months of
services,
including 6 campaigns at the rank of Marshal of Camp.
Signed
and Sealed with
Autograph
and
Seal
of
Merlin de Douai
President
of the
Executive Directory
and
French Minister of Wa
r
Barthélemy Louis
Joseph Schérer
.
Dimensions
of document 20" x 15" (50 cm x 38 cm), Multiple Signatures,
Watermarked
Philippe-Antoine
Merlin de Douai
(30 October 1754 – 26 December 1838) was a French politician
and lawyer
who exercised his
activity during the Revolution and the Empire. He was a member of the National
Constituent Assembly of 1789-1791 and North Member of the National Convention.
Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer
(18 December 1747 – 19 August 1804), born in Delle, near
Belfort, became a French General during the French Revolutionary Wars and on
three occasions led armies in battle.
Schérer served as
French Minister of War
from July
22, 1797 to February 21, 1799. When the War of the Second Coalition broke out,
Schérer was given command of the Army of Italy once again.
He won an initial
clash at Pastrengo on March 26. But he proved unable to stop the Russo-Austrian
advance. He was defeated by Austrian General Pal Kray at the Battle of Magnano
on April 5.
"Schérer went into this battle without forming a reserve and
was thus unable to react to crisis or opportunities effectively. Forced to
retire behind the river Mincio, he gave up command to Jean Moreau.
Because of
his loss of Italy, he was forced to appear before a committee of inquiry. After
securing an acquittal, he retired to private life on his estate at Chauni in
Picardy, where he died in 1804.
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