Document - Louis-Antoine Clarac (Inspecteur aux Revues de la Garde Impériale) - Document manuscrit - 1810

Louis-Antoine Clarac (Inspector in the Imperial Guard Reviews)
Handwritten signed manuscript act with a wax seal – November 22, 1810
First Empire – Napoleonic military administration

Official handwritten document, dated November 22, 1810, written and signed by Louis-Antoine Clarac, then Inspector of Reviews of the Imperial Guard, one of the most central functions of administrative control under Napoleon I.
The inspectors at reviews verified the accuracy of personnel, the allocation of balances, the physical condition of units, and validated the information presented to civil and military authorities. Documents issued by them are relatively rare, especially with an intact seal.
This present act constitutes an administrative attestation drafted for notarized presentation in Broquefort, concerning the situation of an administered person identified in the text. Clarac formally certifies the necessary elements for a civil or patrimonial procedure and grants authority to local officials for registration and transcription. The text is written in the elegant 'Empire' cursive, stable and regular, perfectly legible.
The second page presents the closing clause, Clarac's autograph signature, and an imprint of a red wax seal in very good condition.


• Date: November 22, 1810
Period: First Empire (Napoleon I)
• Author / signatory: Louis-Antoine Clarac, Inspector of Reviews of the Imperial Guard.
Location mentioned: Broquefort
Type of document: Official certificate / act intended for notarial registers.
Support: vat-bleached laid paper, typical of the 1800s.
• Dimensions: approx. 31 × 21 cm (notarized shipping format, original fold)
Seal: Large red wax imprint, clear and unbroken.
State
Evenly browned paper (natural oxidation)
Small creases, wrinkles, signs of use
No lack of text
Perfectly legible and complete seal.
The role of Inspector of Reviews of the Imperial Guard, directly dependent on the Ministry of War and involved in the control chain of the Napoleonic army, confers a particular interest to this document.
Authentic acts bearing the signature and seal of an inspector are significantly rarer than ordinary military correspondences.

The present manuscript illustrates :
the bureaucratic rigor of the imperial system
the relationship between military administration and civil notarial structures
The circulation of certified acts necessary for the patrimonial and succession operations of the subjects of the Empire.