BONAPARTE LUCIEN: (1775-1840) Younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. L.S., `Lucien Bonaparte

BONAPARTE LUCIEN: (1775-1840) Younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. L.S., `Lucien Bonaparte´, four pages, 4to, St-Gaudens, 13th March 1800, to the prefect of Haute-Garonne, in French. Lucien Bonaparte, in his capacity as Interior minister certifies that `Jean Catherinot…spent several years overseas before revolution where it was said that he died at Port-au-Prince in the St-Domingue island..´ Countersigned by Forfait to the last page, beneath Bonaparte´s one, and alongside two ink stamps of the Interior and Navy & Colonies ministries. Also bearing to the second and third page multiple signatures of members of the town. Overall age wear, with edges slightly trimmed, otherwise G £150-200 Pierre Alexandre Laurent Forfait (1752-1807) French engineer and Minister of the Navy.