Nov 03, 2011 - Sale 2259

Sale 2259 - Lot 129

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COUNTERSIGNED BY BERTHIER (NAPOLÉON.) MARET, HUGUES B. Partly-printed vellum document with First Consul Napoléon's secretarial signature by Maret, "Bonaparte," commission for Citoyen Minvielle. Countersigned by Minister of War Louis Alexandre Berthier. 13x9 1/2 inches; folds, paper seal intact. Paris, [17 May 1803]
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Maret (1763-1839) was Napoleon's secretary of state between 1799 and 1804. Routine government documents bearing the "Bonaparte" signature of the First Consul are usually in the hand of Maret.