Endorsement forwarding the document to the minister of police for a report, signed “Bonaparte,” on the front of a letter in French addressed to him, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7 x 9.25, Paris, February 15, 1802. Senator Fabre Lamartilliere writes to Napoleon on behalf of a former artillery officer who has not been officially discharged, in part (translated): “Having served with Citizen Laporte…I know well his extreme honesty, his exemplary morality, and especially the tenderness of his character, I have deemed it, considering his present painful circumstances, a duty to submit to you this good testimony regarding him.” In very good condition, with central vertical and horizontal folds, light scattered wrinkling, and a tape repair to the upper left. Accompanied by a full translation. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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