158 - [AUTOGRAPHS]

[AUTOGRAPHS] 1-[From MARESCOT] On letterhead of the French Republic/ (…) / the Minister of War. Autograph letter signed “1st Inspector General Marescot [Armand-Samuel de Marescot, often nicknamed ‘Napoleon’s Vauban’]” dated 24 Pluviôse, Year 10 [March 15, 1802]. 1 p. in-4; fine copy. Appointment to the rank of captain in the 6th Company of the 1st Sapper Regiment of a certain Ducolombier. 2-[DUPLESSIS] Handwritten letter signed by Duplessis [Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux Duplessis] on letterhead of the 10th Half-Brigade of Active Veterans/ Duplessis, Major General and commander of the 10th demi-brigade, addressed to Rear Admiral Latouche Tréville, dated 11 Floréal, Year 9 [May 1, 1801]. 1 p., in-4; fine copy. Claim for several unpaid amounts (1,820 livres and 1,870 livres). 3- [DARU] On letterhead of the 2nd Division/ Military Police Office/ “The Authorizing Commissioner and Chief of the Second War Division to the Citizen President of the Municipal Administration of the canton, Mr. Jean Bart, Rhône-et-Loire Department (Loire Department).” Printed letter completed and signed by Daru [Pierre Daru], dated 18 Germinal, Year 5 [April 7, 1797]; 2 folio-sized pages (letter alone: 1p); fine copy. Letter sent on behalf of the Minister of War containing a copy of the judgment in absentia sentencing a certain Jean Charles, a grenadier in the 74th Half-Brigade, to 10 years in chains for desertion. 4- [PALHIER] On the letterhead of the Council of Five Hundred. Printed and completed laissez-passer for Citizen Palhier [Jean-François-Marie Palhier de Silvabelle, deputy for the Basses-Alpes in the Council of Five Hundred] dated 29 Floréal, Year 7 [May 18, 1799]; handwritten signatures of Palhier, Heurtault de Lammerville (representative of the Cher department to the Council of Five Hundred), Laurent (representative of the Bas-Rhin department), etc. 1 folio page, dry seal; excellent condition. 5-[Marshal De BEURNONVILLE] Honorary retirement certificate for the rank of captain concerning Gabriel Julien De Gouyon. On Ministry of War letterhead (with vignette), supplemented with “Royal Armies of the West,” dated July 13, 1816, signed by Marshal, Peer of France, Minister of State, and President of the Commission, Marshal De Beurnonville. 1 page, in-4 oblong; Ministry stamp; fine copy. Enclosed: Autograph letter on letterhead “General Treasury of the Crown/ House of the Emperor,” signed by Count Estève [Martin-Roch-Xavier Estève], Treasurer General of the Crown under the First Empire, addressed to the Grand Chamberlain [Count Montesquiou], dated March 26, 1810. 1 page, folio size; fine copy. Authorization regarding salary payments to Mesdames Bazan, St. Hilaire, Soustras, and Ritsner “(…) drawn from His Majesty’s treasury (…)”. Autograph letter signed “Femme Passet,” dated February 15, 1852, addressed to the Count de Maupas, Minister of General Police. Request for the release of her husband, who was imprisoned aboard the ship Le Duguesclin in Brest Harbor “(…) for the baseless charge of propaganda (…)”. 1 page, folio size; fine copy;