HUGO (Joseph Léopold, General), 1773–1828.

HUGO (Joseph Léopold, General), 1773–1828. L.A., [Ajaccio (postmark)], undated (c. September 1805, illegible postage stamp), 3 pp., in-4, to his wife Sophie (née Trébuchet). An important and lengthy letter from General Hugo attesting to the definitive breakdown of the couple’s relationship. Léopold, on the verge of leaving Corsica, details his expenses and responds to Sophie’s complaints regarding the money she had sent him in a letter dated 20 Messidor (July 9). The letter highlight

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