May 05, 2016 - Sale 2413

Sale 2413 - Lot 65

Price Realized: $ 125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
(NAPOLÉON.) CARNOT, LAZARE NICOLAS MARGUERITE. Letter Signed, "Carnot," as Minister of War, to the Director General of the Treasury, in French, ordering the disbursement of 194,000 francs to house the troops. 1 page, folio, with integral blank, "The Minister of War" stationery; faint scattered foxing. (TFC) Paris, [5 June 1800]

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with--Two items: Printed Document, a promissory note ("assignat") for 500 livres issued by the French government. 6 1/4x9 inches; blindstamped twice, irregularly trimmed, marginal discoloration. [8 February 1794] Document Signed, by five Revolutionary officials, a decision reached by the Civil Committee in Finistère. 1 page, 4to; irregularly trimmed, Committee ink stamp. 12 September 1793.