173 - A collection of various handwritten documents (in various formats, primarily in-8 and in-4) from the Ancien Régime, the Revolutionary period, and the Empire; among other items, we have:

A collection of various handwritten documents (in various formats, primarily in-8 and in-4) from the Ancien Régime, the Revolutionary period, and the Empire; among other items, we have: -A handwritten, signed request for reinstatement to military service following “a nervous disorder” by a man named Chaufour (request endorsed by General Tilly [handwritten, signed note] and General Loison [handwritten, signed note]). Excellent condition. -Death certificate issued in Mamers, Sarthe, dated 29 Prairial, Year II. Appointment in 1797 to the rank of first lieutenant (Army of the Sambre and Meuse) for a man named Laffron (?); numerous signatures. -Handwritten copy consisting of 3 articles (concerning the regulation of March 28, 1776, regarding the royal military schools), accompanied by a handwritten list of supplies for children entering military schools. The entire document is addressed to Madame de Coulanges -Record of medicines purchased from the apothecary for Armande Coulanges (…) from October 26, 1791, to June 10, 1792. This is followed by a detailed list with prices. -Receipt from the “Messageries Royales” dated February 20, 1788, in Montpellier (a crate from Spain containing 2,000 piastres). -Summons for a man named Pierre Marty, a miller, to appear in court for a “hunting offense” (April 19, 1831). -Postponement of a play titled “Fleurette” dated June 18, 1823, signed by Corbière (Minister of the Interior). -Municipality of Belleville/ Certificate of enlistment for a man named Guillaume Exhaltier as a volunteer (issued at the town hall on June 4, 1793; numerous signatures and a dry seal). -Department of Deux-Sèvres / Removal of the name of Charles Debrach, a native of the Vendée, from the list of émigrés (26 Vendémiaire, Year 10). -Certificate of selection by lot dated January 26, 1780, and certificate of permanent discharge for Jean-Baptiste Brochard, a provincial soldier from the 1780 draft (Anjou Battalion/Mayenne Subdelegation/ Parish of Montenay. Dated March 1, 1786. - “Voucher for two hundred sets of horseshoes with nails (…)”; Meaux, April 2, 1814, signed by Neuendorff, paying agent. -Certificate of registration for the “Estates convened and assembled by the king’s authority in the city of Rennes in the year 1732” concerning Mr. Alexandre Fabrony de la Garoulaye, son. Issued in Rennes on January 10, 1783. -Discharge form from the Hospital (May 18, 1788) for a certain Georges Dufresne, “known as Dufrene, deserter.” etc…etc… Attached are several printed documents: General Staff/Order of the Day (at headquarters in Vienna on 25 Brumaire, Year 14), Extract from the register of decrees of the Committee of Public Safety of the National Convention concerning transportation, horse-drawn carriages, postal services, and courier services (June 17, 1794), Law concerning the provisional establishment of a criminal court in Orléans for crimes against the nation (March 13, 1791). Etc…etc…A good collection in good condition.