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Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], 13 Ventose, to Citizen Botot, secretary to the Director Barras at the Luxembourg Palace, [ca. 1797-1799].

BIB_ID
190733
Accession number
MA 4801 (09)
Creator
Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814.
Display Date
[ca. 1797-1799].
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (1 p.)
Notes
Item 1140 in the Wrightsman gift.
Signed "Lapagerie Bonaparte."
With address panel.
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Saying that yesterday she sent a memo to Barras, recommending citizen Pelleport to the Registers of the Town Dues, which she hopes he will endorse. (Note: Josephine was Barras's mistress before she married Napoléon, and Barras introduced her to Napoléon).
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Department
Literary and Historical Manuscripts