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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 120

Documents
France
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
1799 (2 February) secretarial letter from the Foreign Ministry, signed at foot, "Ch. Mau. Talleyrand". Overall ageing, the edges creased and stained. Photo

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838), prince de Bénévent, then prince de Talleyrand. He was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when French military victories brought one European state after another under French hegemony. However, most of the time, Talleyrand worked for peace so as to consolidate France's gains. In 1797, he became Foreign Minister. In 1815 he became the first Prime Minister of France

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