[Napoléon Bonaparte] - Passeport sous l'Empire [Chartres] - 1809

Passport in the name of Napoleon, Emperor of the French – 1809

Passport ‘in the name of Napoleon, Emperor of the French’, issued by the mayor of the city of Chartres, on 12 April 1809.

Several vignette(s) and stamps.

Very beautiful watermark of the Emperor.

Some stains and small tears at the margins.

“IN THE NAME OF NAPOLEON,
EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH

We, the Mayor of the City of Chartres,

Invite Civil and Military Authorities to permit and freely allow Monsieur Antoine Valentin, natural son, cutler by trade, to pass from Chartres, in the Eure-et-Loir department, to Versailles, in the Seine-et-Oise department, …”

Done at Chartres, 12 April 1809.

Carefully dispatched
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