Henry A. Meyer Collection of Napoleonic and French Revolution Covers and Documents, part 1, Vol. 1-2 (78 pages)
The Henry A. Meyer Collection of Napoleonic and French Revolution Covers and Documents is composed 14 volumes divided in five parts by accession lots: 1979.0098 (Volumes 1/2); 1981.0819 (Volumes 3-7); 1983.0780 (Volumes 8/9); 1985.0026 (Volumes 10/11) and 1986.0025 (Volumes 12-14)
Part 1 (Volumes 1/2) consists of 149 objects.
Volume 1: (38 pages)
*Stampless Napoleonic covers starting from 1775
*Revolutionary letterhead paper
*The Revolutionary Society covers
*1795 letter from the National Convention, Committee of General Security Letterhead
*1792 Revolutionary document signed by Marguis de Lafayette
*1792 French military discharge paper for a Swiss citizen from the Swiss regiment Salis-Samade
*Covers from France divided in 83 department, then sub-divided again into districts, cantons and communes (earliest cover June 14, 1792)
