NAPOLEON I (1769-1821). P.S. "Napoleon", Saint-Cloud August 9, 1806; countersigned by Archchancellor Cambacerès, Grand-Judge Minister of Justice Regnier, and Minister Secretary of State Hugues Maret; vellum broadside, partly printed, headed Napoleon, by the Grace of God and the Constitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French (framed, ink slightly faded). Letters of pardon for rifleman Denis Gantheret, a native of Maulonges (Côte d'or), aged 25, sentenced by a council of war to five years' hard labor for desertion. Following his good behavior at the Pontorson workshops, Napoleon granted him a full pardon...