[Revolution Française] Général Henri Fulque d'Oraison - Congé de Licenciement signé au sergent Jacob [.. pour aller où bon lui semble..] - 1792

INFANTRY 101 REGIMENT
Vignette The Nation and the Law
Dismissal Leave

"We, the undersigned Henri Fulque d'Oraison, marshal of the camp employed in the Army of the South... certify to all concerned that we have granted Leave... TO GO WHERE HE SEES FIT to the named Jean Pierre Jacob, called sergeant of the Amelon company, native of Luzin [near Phalsbourg, see further below], department of Meurthe [note: rather Moselle], aged 26 years, height 5 feet 4 inches, light chestnut hair, grey eyes, large mouth, small nose, oval face..

Made at Trévoux on 9 October 1792, the first year of the Republic.

The named above has served from 10 October 1790 until the 9th of this month..."

(sign) D'ORAISON

counter-signed by the War Commissioner of the Army of the South.

Beautiful little wax seal REP. FRANC.

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Henri de FULQUE D'ORAISON (1739 - 1819) FRENCH GENERAL of the Revolution and the Empire.
Army of the Alps, Army of the South
Knight of Saint Louis
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ON THE BACK is found the entire record of the sergeant,

Let us accompany him on his journey ... !

It indicates "depart for Luzin near Phalsbourg." He has decided to return home after 2 years of military campaigning.
He receives a pension at each validated passage, and we measure the time it takes him to return home.
(One does not travel in Revolutionary France without indicating one's route in advance.)

He is in Chalon-sur-Saône on October 11, receives 42 sous to go to Dole, which he reaches on the 13th..
Besançon on the 14th, Belfort on the 16th.
He is in Colmar on the 18th, Selesta then Strasbourg on the 20th.
He arrives in Phalsbourg on the 21st, i.e., 11 days of marching.
A calculation gives about 100 hours of marching, so he walked without stopping between 8 and 9 hours per day .. eager to get back home.

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(tears at folds - 4 cm, 2 cm, 2 cm - not impairing the overall binding)
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