Auction 85 Part 2
Historical Militaria and Autographs - Day 2
Oct 29, 2020
(your local time)
USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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Nearly 1,600 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 1303:
DOMINIQUE METTOT
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Start price:
$
70
Estimated price:
$140 - $200
Auction house commission: 30%
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DOMINIQUE METTOT
(1749 - 1794) French Secretary of the Paris Commune, executed together with Robespierre's accomplices. Partly-printed D.S. 'Mettot', 15 x 19 in., 'Commune de Paris', May 25, 1793, a 'Certificat de Residence' issued by the Convention Nationale. The certificate, issued under a law passed on Mar. 28, 1793 which intended to restrict immigration, pertains to the smal, several block 'Mail' section of the 2nd Arrondisement in central Paris. A man is appointed to certify that the eight reidents listed are not immigrants, and his attestation is in turn certified by Mettot on verso, with about 20 additional signatures of members of the Assemblee, city government, including Jean Francois Tranche-la-Hausse, President of the section, and Baron Dupin (1767-1828) general secretary of the Seine. etc. Small v-shaped mouse nibble at bottom margin, else very good.
