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NAPOLEON. Letter Signed, “Bonaparte,” as First Consul, to Councillor of State
Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, in French, requesting that a report be drawn up to explain
why certain Bishops had recently made appointments which had not been approved by the
government in violation of the concordat. 1
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pages, small 4to, “Bonaparte 1er Consul”
stationery, with integral blank; short closed separations at folds, fold touching end of signa-
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Paris, [25 July 1802]
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. . . [H]ow [does it happen] that the Bishops permit themselves to appoint curates without the
government having reviewed them? Which is contrary to article 10 of the concordat. I desire
therefore that you make a report on that subject. I learn that everywhere the Bishops appoint
the grand vicars and the curates without their having been approved.”
NAPOLEONIC AUTOGRAPHS
Lots 114-131