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Napoleonic Era Notarial Grosse d Inventaire Document Dated 24 Fructidor Year 12 - This is a French Napoleonic-era notarial manuscript, specifically a grosse d inventaire, which is an official executory copy of a probate inventory. The document is dated 24 Fructidor, Year 12 of the French Republican Calendar, corresponding to September 11, 1804, during the early First Empire. The document records the estate inventory of Jean Moulinie, a farmer residing in the commune of L Hospitalet, department of Lot. The opening protocol uses the transitional nomenclature Napoleon par la grace de Dieu et les constitutions de la Republique, Empereur des français. The manuscript is written in dark iron gall ink on hand-laid paper and is signed by the notary Antoine Paul Guiraudies with a formal notarial flourish. The text identifies the widow Marie Dutil and five minor children as heirs and lists domestic possessions including a kneading trough, a worn table, a buffet, and a frying pan. Official markings include a circular ink stamp depicting Justice holding scales and a sword, as well as a paper-covered wax seal. The paper features two distinct watermarks: a serifed capital letter D and a circular watermark visible under backlighting that contains the Imperial Eagle surrounded by the word IMPERIAL. The paper displays heavy horizontal and vertical creases from historical folding. There is general age-toning and mild foxing across the sheets. The deckled edges show minor nicks, fraying, and small tears consistent with age. The iron gall ink remains dark and the handwriting is highly legible. The impression on the paper-covered wax seal is faint.