This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2012
Paris, January 26, 1803
Very Rare Commission for a counsul in Baltimore, U.S.A. also signed by Tallyrand and Maret. With the seal of the Republic and vignette, on vellum, 12 by 15in.; First document of napoleaon we have seen where he is appointing a US Consul. Along with engravings of Napoleon, and 2 page collage of period text clippings Collection Tristam Coffin, Nantucket. Given to Edgar Seeler as a gift in 1927 from Leila Carlisle (letter enclosed)