LACEPEDE (Bernard-Germain de). 3 LS from Bernard-Germain de Lacépède (1758-1826) on Legion of Honour letterhead, dated 21 brumaire an XIII (12 november 1804), 29 ventôse an XIII (19 march 1805) & 18 september 1807. The letters are addressed to Michel Giraud, a member of the Legion of Honour and master armourer on La Muiron, a frigate that Napoleon borrowed on 23 August 1799 to return to France after the Egyptian Campaign. Michel Giraud distinguished himself at the Battle of Algeciras, a naval battle that took place in the Bay of Gibraltar in July 1801, in which he was seriously wounded. He retired to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande. Enclosed: a letter dated 24 Floréal year XII (13 May 1804) in which the mayor of Sainte-Foy and various inhabitants testify to the fact that Michel Giraud is a good citizen and not an emigrant.