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35 - [BRITTANY] PETIET, Claude-Louis (1749–1806), politician. Dep…
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[BRITTANY] PETIET, Claude-Louis (1749–1806), politician. Deputy Intendant of Brittany (1774–1789); deputy for Ille-et-Vilaine in the Council of Elders (Year IV); Minister of War (8 February 1796 – 4 July 1797). As Intendant of the Army of the Boulogne Camp, he accompanied the Emperor to Ulm and Austerlitz. Returning to France following the Peace of Pressburg, he died as a result of the campaign and was buried in the Panthéon. Pre-printed lieutenant’s commission bearing the letterhead ‘French Republic / In the name of the Directory’ appointing Jacques Guillaume Lauron to the rank of ‘lieutenant in the 175th Company of National Veterans’; Year Five of the Republic (…) signed Petiet. 1 folio page; a small tear at the fold, otherwise a fine copy. Appraisal carried out by Pascal GUILLEBAUD. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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