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This Autographed 13.25x18.25 Ships Passport Dated April 28, 1813 Document has been Personally Signed by Napoleon Bonaparte. This item is 100% Authentic to include a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) / hologram by JSA. The authenticity can be verified on JSA website. The passport is for providing safe passage for an American ship through Napoleon’s continental blockade. The document establishes the port of entry as Bordeaux, under the auspices of Berniard et Cie, a French company, which has “at all times demonstrated their respect for the law of the State… their aversion in all practical matters and matters of intelligence toward enemies of France…; and that they profit from extended credit and a well-established reputation.” Only four cities are permitted to be ports of departure: New York, Charleston, Baltimore or Boston. The vessel is permitted to introduce into France, “cotton, fish oils, wood, salted fish; coffees and sugars from the French Colonies, or America or Asia; cocoa spices from the Netherlands….” Vessels are then permitted to export from French ports an equal value of French merchandise, 1/3 of which at least being French textiles; anything beyond could be wine, perfumes, and other goods.Some of the stipulations were: 1 – The vessel must have a certificate of origin; 2 – The captain must have a letter from the French consul to the minister of Foreign Affairs; 3 – He must bring newspapers from the day of his departure from America; 4 – Nothing must get in the way of French military efforts at the port.
