Autograph Note Signed " "C. Cochelet" to "Monsieur Le President de la Chambre des Deputes". WITH autograph letter signed "Cochelet" to Mocquard (?)

Author of "Naufrage du Brick francais la Sophie, et captivite des naufrages dans le desert de Shara . . ." (published Paris 1821). One page, folio. IN FRENCH. He has the honour of sending them a copy of his book (as above) with his respects. He describes himself as "ancien payeur general en Catalogne". With a letter, also in French, two pages, 8vo, in which he gives elaborate greetings after a long silence, flatters him for his achievements, and reveals his own sorry state ("je finis assez sottement la vie au milieu de bien de regrets, et en proie a une sante detestable"), In a postscript he asks for Mocquard's intercession with the Emperor on his behalf. Two items.