Jean Antoine Claude comte de Chanteloup Chaptal

Chaptal, Jean Antoine Claude comte de Chanteloup

French chemist and politician (1756-1832). Autograph letter signed. Paris. 22.03.1801. 1 p. 4to.
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To "citizen" Jollivet asking him to prove a report's correctness and to give more details about the incident of inhabitants protesting against the oath for the Republic: "[...] est il vrai, citoyen prefet et cher colleque, que quelque habitans des [10?] departemens ont protesté contre le serment exigé pour la republique? Donnés moi des détails prompts a ce sujet [...]". - Jollivet was a high-ranking civil servant of Public Administration and member of the council of state. - Preprint letterhead in letterpress of the "Bureau particulier du Ministre.

Liberté. Égalité. Paris, le 1er [G.] compte au 9 de la République Française, une et indivisible. Le Ministre de l'Intérieur," with hw. date added. Between the words "Liberté" and "Égalité" there is a Vignette showing the personification of the Republique Française. - Traces of old folding and closure. Watermark..

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