Charles de frotté, captain, brother of Count Louis de Frotté, leader of the Norman Chouannerie. 5 L.A.S. and 4 L.A.,1799-1802, mostly to his father, Count Henri de Frotté; 40pages in-fol. or in-4, one address. Interesting correspondence from an émigré in the service of England. Château des Dardanelles March 8, 1799, to his brother Louis de Frotté. He has left for the great expedition; beforehand, they had no "fresh news on Bonaparte's situation in Egipte"... He is not surprised by what happened in Naples, "knowing the Dir[ectory's] acting spirit and his always disruptive views, and I am convinced that this coup was meditated at the same time as that of Egipte"... - Buyukderé near Constantinople July 1, on the death of his brother [Louis de Frotté was shot on February 18, 1800 at Verneuil]: he has lost the best of brothers and friends, "victim of his devotion to his king & country that I could not join him rather perhaps we would not have lost him. Perhaps a moment's conversation between him & me would have kept him for us [...] The King [Louis XVIII] was kind enough to assure me of the part "he took in our loss and of the regret he felt at having lost a brave and faithful officer". These are his own words"... - Buyukderé August 9. He is worried about not knowing the state of affairs "of our unfortunate royalists". He is still waiting for the means to leave this country, helped by the brother of their friend Sir Sidney Smith... - Constantinople November 10. He has read in the papers that his father has received a visit from H.R.H.; he doesn't know which way to turn, and is worried about their emigrant compatriots returning to France. However, "Europe, lined up to attack France & crush her according to appearances, has not succeeded, its efforts have been null and void, whose fault is that? And between peace and war she seems at this moment more ready to be individually inflamed by revolutionary fire than to attack and even repel the victorious Corsican [Bonaparte] who wishes to command her"... - Constantinople December 10. He still deplores the unfortunate end of his noble brother, and of his relatives and comrades-in-arms; he is stunned by the "terrible & rapid" fall of the royalist party; he awaits instructions from Mittau and money... - Constantinople May 29, 1801. He has approached Mylord Elgin to pay for his return journey... - London January 3, 1802, to Alexandre Stratton (in English), regarding his request for a medal for his participation in the conquest of Egypt: he was one of those who opposed the French attacks in Syria, and also in Acre, with Sir Sidney Smith, etc... Attached is an interesting file of 21 letters addressed to him, 1801-1809, mostly in English or German.