DOCUMENTS. French army in St-Domingue, handwritten letter signed on laid paper from the commander-in-chief, General Charles Victor Leclerc: "Battalion commander Roger requests 300 cavalry sabres, he has already received this quantity, what has become of them?... Charles Victor LECLERC (1772-1802) husband of Pauline Bonaparte, brother-in-law of Bonaparte, he took part in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire. In 1802, he was Captain General of the 35,000-strong expedition to Saint-Domingue and died of yellow fever on 2 November of that year. 31.5 x 22 cm.