Manuscript DS in French, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 8.5 x 13.5, July 23, 1801. In part (translated): "To the Citizen First Consul: Returned from Egypt a prisoner of war, Stripped, Shipwrecked, Arrived in Paris…I ask you for employment in active service in the Cavalry, if it is possible, an injury preventing me from serving on foot." Approved in the left margin by Napoleon Bonaparte, and countersigned at the conclusion by "Germain," a veteran of Napoleon's Egyptian and Syrian campaign. In fine condition, with show through in the upper left corner from old tape on the reverse.
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