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Napoleon issues Milan Decree...
Napoleon issues Milan Decree...
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February 29, 1808
BOSTON GAZETTE, Boston, Massachusetts, February 29, 1808.
* Milan Decree issued
* Napoleon Bonaparte
On the front page under Imperial Decree is the famous Milan Decree which essentially stated that certain denationalized British ships were subject to seizure and confiscation by the French, signed in type: Napoleon.
Other news of the day with several advertisements.
Some rubbing on the front page, with a bit in the text of the decree, some stray writing above the masthead, otherwise in good ocndition.
Category: Pre-Civil War