Letter, With Beautiful Vignette Of Ships, From Grenadier Jean Louis Renous, 33rd Regiment

LETTER, WITH BEAUTIFUL VIGNETTE OF SHIPS, FROM GRENADIER JEAN LOUIS RENOUS, 33rd Line Regiment in Dunkirk, to his mother living at Pont-de-l'Arche (Eure), 5 Pluviôse Year 13. 18880-25 Letter with address "La Veuve Renoü a lizey arrondissement du pont de larche département De l'Eure a Lizey". Beautiful vignette printed in black representing in the center a ship in an oval with ribbon, framed on each side by a small ship with a flying flag. Grenadier Jean Louis Renous is a soldier in the 2nd Company of the 2nd battalion, 33rd Line Regiment embarked at Dunkirk in the Batavian flotilla. "Dunkirk 5 Pluviôse Year 13." My dear Mother, This is to inform me of the state of your health which is very dear to me. As for me, I am doing quite well for the present and I hope that this finds you the same as well as my brother and sister, and at the same time to tell you that I embarked on the 1st of the month from Pluviôse to Dunkirk for 2 months and we are well received. The great cold that we endure in the flat boats of the Batavian Republic and we are 20 grenadiers in the side, an officer and the boats carry 3 pieces of cannon, a piece of 24 and two pieces of 8 and at the same time to tell you my dear mother that I received the 9 francs that you sent me in the letter dated December 3, 1804 and at the same time to tell you my dear mother that this money makes me very happy since when leaving the hospital it was used to buy things since I was .... and at the same time to tell you ... in cantonment at T ... where we stayed 1 month. And I could not write to you earlier since we were still about to leave and I delayed a long time before writing to you since we were not in place. You ask me the name of my commander and my captain, the commander is called Cartier and the cape is called Le Lion. I was in hospital in Bruges and Ostend. My dear mother, give my respects to my aunt, the widow of La Fosse and my cousin and cousin and to Jean Baptiste and his wife, as well as to Pierre Milliard and his wife as well as to Pierre Milliard and his wife and to all the family and all the comrades. And I ask you to give me news from the country. I end by kissing you with all my heart. For life your son. Signed "Jean Louis (Reinous?) (Rennous?) Double sheet. H 22.3 cm x 18 cm. France. First Empire. First sheet in fairly good condition, second page in poor condition with tears and losses. Folds, browned paper. NOTE: Letter reproduced on page 45, figure 15, of the work WAR LETTERS 1792-1815, Pierre Charrié, éditions du canonnier, Nantes 2004.