Jourdan, Jean Baptiste (1762-1833) Clipped Signature.

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Jourdan, Jean Baptiste (1762-1833) Clipped Signature.
Small piece of blue paper with blue printed text, completed by hand in brown ink, with Jourdan's signature, dated 1831, 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Beginning at the bottom in the French royal army as a regular enlisted soldier, Jourdan rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a Marshall of France under Napoleon I. Jourdan also fought in the American Revolutionary war, serving in the Siege of Savannah as a seventeen year old. He served during the French Revolutionary wars as well, and fought in the Napoleonic wars.
Estimate $200-300


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