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Auction: 21066 - Historical Documents, Postal History and Autographs
Lot: 251

(x) France
King Louis XVI
1786 (May) part printed document signed "Louis", Louis XVI, King of France appointing Capt. Claude St. Denis de las Salle to the Regiment of Orleans. Also signed "Louis Joseph de Bourbon" (Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé) after a long postscript in a small hand, and two others. Repaired slits at sides (one with small segment missing) where the letter was sealed, with normal folds, clear of the signature

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