KLEBER JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1753-1800) French General during the French Revolutionary wars. Kleber was also a trained ...

KLEBER JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1753-1800) French General during the French Revolutionary wars. Kleber was also a trained architect. Best remembered for suppressing the Vendée Revolt. He accompanied Napoleon in the Egyptian Campaign. When Napoleon appointed Kleber as Commander of the French forces he was assassinated in Cairo. A very attractive multiple signed D.S., with holograph line `Vu par le General de division Kleber, one page, large folio, 10 x 16, Toulon, 9th May 1798, to Jean Antoine Bart, in French.´ The document, being a permanent retirement leave granted to Sargent Bart, bears the 2nd Company of engineering miners heading. Countersigned by the members of the administration council, Captain Commandant, Commissairs, etc.. Bearing to the upper left corner a red wax seal in fine condition. Uneven bottom edge. Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G