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130 - SALICETI (Antoine-Christophe) and Mathieu DUMAS.
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SALICETI (Antoine-Christophe) and Mathieu DUMAS. Set of 2 letters signed by Ministers of War of the Kingdom of Naples under King Joseph Bonaparte, addressed to his Minister of State, Francesco Ricciardi. Secretary of State, Francesco Ricciardi. 1806-1808. Military widows and orphans - SALICETI (Antoine Christophe). Signed letter, in Italian. Naples, 12 March 1808. Concerning the payment of pensions to (one p. 1/2 in-folio, printed letterhead "Ministro della Guerra"; some cracks at the fold). POWERFUL AND IMPOPULAR MINISTER UNDER JOSEPH BONAPARTE (General Police, War) AND UNDER JOACHIM MURAT (General Police), ANTOINE-CHRISTOPHE SALICETI (1757-1809) was one of the Revolution's leading politicians. Revolution. Leader of the French party in Corsica, he was a member of the Constituent Assembly (1789-1791), the Convention (1792-1795) and then the Conseil des Cinq-Cents (1797-1799). He initially favoured the career of his compatriot Bonaparte, calling him to the siege of Toulon and appointing him general after the victory - but denounced him when Robespierre fell. A Robespierrist himself, he was arrested, but, once amnestied, he was sent to Bonaparte's Italian army. After the 18 brumaire, although of republican convictions, he was sent on missions to Corsica, Tuscany and Genoa. Above all, in 1806, he was appointed Minister of the General Police of the Kingdom of Naples under Joseph Bonaparte. of Naples under Joseph Bonaparte, who soon entrusted him with the Ministry of War as well. He was dismissed by Murat, who had become King of Naples. of Naples, and was given a mission to Rome by Napoleon I (1809), but was recalled to his former duties as Minister of the General Police in Naples in Naples when an Anglo-Sicilian army landed in Calabria. He re-established order, but died suddenly, leading to erroneous claims of poisoning. of poisoning. "The Corsican Legion...". - DUMAS (Mathieu). Signed letter. Naples, 13th November 1806. "I have the honour of sending Your Excellency two decrees issued by His Majesty on the seventh and tenth of this month concerning the Corsican Legion and M.M. Charpenay and L'Allemant. I would ask Your Excellency to acknowledge receipt receipt of them and to send me copies in due form...". (3/4 p. large folio, lithographed letterhead "Ministere de la Guerre"). ONE OF KING JOSEPH'S MEN, GENERAL MATHIEU DUMAS WAS, IN NAPLES, HIS MINISTER OF WAR AND THEN HIS GRAND MARSHAL OF THE ARMY. THEN HIS GRAND MARSHAL OF THE PALACE. when joseph bonaparte received the crown of spain and left for that country country (May 1808), Mathieu Dumas was asked to close the accounts of his department, draw up an inventory of the Palace's possessions, and then accompany Queen Julie as she left for Naples. to accompany Queen Julie as she left for the Iberian Peninsula. He was then appointed aide-major general of the imperial armies in Spain.
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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