Ricard, Etienne Pierre Sylvestre, French general (1771-1843). Printed military leave document signed.

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Issued some three months after the end of the War of the Sixth Coalition and Napoleon's abdication, for the nineteen-year-old Louis Justin F. Didelle, giving a physical description of the infantryman: "Nous soussignés, Membres du Conseil d'Administration du 15e Régiment d'Infanterie Légère. Certifions avoir donné Congé au Nommé Ridelle Louis Justin François Chasseur [...] Département de Seine & Marne âgé de Dix-neuf ans [...] compris au Registre-Matricule du Corps sous le No. 5453 [...]". Further signed by members of the directorate and stamped "Dépôt du 15e Régiment d'infanterie légère". The verso has three lines in an early hand noting the award of a military decoration by King Louis XVIII in July 1814.

In 1814 Ricard led a VI Corps division at La Rothière, Champaubert, Montmirail, Vauchamps, Gué-à-Tresmes, Laon, Reims, Fère-Champenoise and Paris. The following year he would participate in the Congress of Vienna to convince the Allies that France's army was loyal to Louis XVIII.

Slight waterstaining to the fold, slight foxing, marginal defects and tears along the folds, slightly browned.