Law of 19 Brumaire, year VIII printed in Agen and posted in Lot-et-Garonne region of France

This proclamation, written the night after the coup d’état of 18 and 19 Brumaire, An VIII (9 and 10 November 1799), was sent to all departments of the Republic. In this document, reporting on all the events that led to the fall of the Directoire, the new executive (composed of Ducos, Sieyès and Bonaparte) sets out its first measures. The aim here is to reassure the people about the Republic’s near future while presenting the foundations and strong men of the new consular regime.

Par of the collection of the Fondation Napoléon.