Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(NAPOLÉON.) FOUCHÉ, JOSEPH; DUKE OF OTRANTO. Letter Signed, "Fouché," to the Minister of War [Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte], in French, requesting that the Gendarmerie of the Puy-de-Dôme be granted the special allocation of rations rather than the 50 centimes allocated to it in accordance with the attached letter [not present] from the Commissary of the Executive Directory there. 1 1/4 pages, 4to, "Ministry of the Police" stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. Paris, 31 August 1799
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Fouché (1759-1820) was Napoléon's Minister of Police, known for his elaborate system of spies.