Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Accorde, Np,” one page, 8.25 x 12.75, March 20, 1811. Report to Napoleon by Alexandre Berthier. In part (translated): “General Belliard has sent me a certificate signed by two chief surgeons of the Grand Military Hospital in Madrid and the Chief Surgeon of the Army certifying that Mr. Blanvillain, Surgeon in the 34th Regiment of the Line, has been unsuccessfully treated by them for rheumatic pains for 13 months. It is necessary for him to take thermal waters…proposed that Your Majesty grant a medical leave of three months.” Bibliotheca Lindesiana coronet stamp to lower right indicates provenance from the collection of the Earls of Crawford. In fine condition, with a central horizontal fold, and mild scattered creases and toning. Blanvillain had been awarded the Legion of Honor in 1807. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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