BIB_ID
458224
Accession number
MA 23982
Creator
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, by 1910.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 31.8 x 47.5 cm
Notes
Removed in 1988 from an extra-illustrated copy of R.H. Horne, The history of Napoleon (London: R. Tyas, 1840-1846); PML 196675-80. Letters removed from the volumes at this time were given the accession number MA 4587, but were never formally accessioned.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan by 1910.
Summary
Naming Jean-Pierre Antoine de Béhague Governor General of Martinique and Commander of the military troops in the Caribbean. Signed by Louis XVI and countersigned by Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu, Louis XVI's Minister of the Navy.
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