Napoleon I | Letter signed (“Napn”) to [Jacques] Defermon, 2 March 1809

Napoleon I

Letter signed, (“Napn”), to [Jacques] Defermon

promising him a gratuity of 15,000 Francs as a token of gratitude for his services in 1805 ("...Je désire que vous y voyiez une marque de ma satisfaction pour les services que vous m'avez rendus dans le cours de l'année 1805..."), one page, quarto (225 x 185mm, watermark of Napoleon in profile surrounded by the text "Napoleon Empereur des Français Roi d'Italie"), Paris, 2 March 1809, framed and glazed (380 x 330mm), previously folded, pin holes

Jacques Defermon (1752-1831) was a loyal servant of Napoleon. The specific service for which he is being rewarded is not specified, but in 1805 Defermon had been chair of the department of finance and was appointed intendant général. Napoleon had created him a comte de l'Empire in 1808.