Jean-Marie-Joseph COUTELLE (1748-1835) military officer and balloonist, created the corps des aérostiers and took part in the Egyptian expedition. P.A.S., État des services du Cen Coutelle, Chef de brigade des aerostiers, Membre de la Comsion des arts, en égypte, [1802]; 1 1/2 pages in-fol. Return from Egypt. "Nommé Capitaine Comdnt les aérostiers le 3 germinal an 2 [23 mars 1794] et chargé de l'organisation de ce Corps, le Directoire me donnea le grade de Chef de Bataillon le 6 ventôse 4 [25 fév. 1796] [...] During the Egyptian Campaign, where I worked jointly with Cen Conté in the mechanical workshops, I made the journeys to Upper Egypt, Mount Sinai and the work of the piramids as a member of the Comssion des arts, and were it not for the latest circumstances of the war, the government would enjoy several precious monumens that I had collected. I was raised to the rank of brigade commander by Gal Kléber, on 17 Nivose 8 [7 Jan. 1800]"... He asked for a position in Paris that would enable him to work with the Commission on the memoirs he had drafted, and hoped to be reinstated on the national lists: "The need to serve my country, my activity, my attachment to the government and the person of the First Consul would force me to work"...