Militaria: Consulate – French Revolution 1800 / Périgueux (D - Lot 185

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Militaria: Consulate – French Revolution 1800 / Périgueux (D - Lot 185
Militaria: Consulate – French Revolution 1800 / Périgueux (Dordogne 24) Paris (75) / Handwritten letter from General Baron’s staff, addressed to Minister of War Lazare Carnot / 20th Military Division—The envelope bears the clear handwritten inscription: “To Citizen Carnot, Minister of War, in Paris.” Lazare Carnot, a mathematician and key member of the Committee of Public Safety, had just been appointed Minister of War by First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte (in April 1800) to reorganize the armies.Drafted by Brigadier General Charles Baron, commander of the division. The document bears General Baron’s autograph signature at the end of the military report, which concludes with the ritual revolutionary closing phrase “Salute and Fraternity.”The mailing envelope bears the rare black linear stamp indicating military postage exemption, “23 PÉRIGUEUX” (characteristic of the Year VIII postal system), along with filing annotations from the Ministry of War in Paris.An archival document of the utmost historical importance
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