L'Intendente della provinzia di Abruzzo Citeriore

Circular letter addressed to the inhabitants of Abruzzo, from the their Mayor, Pierre-Joseph Briot, regarding, and praising, the King, Giuseppe Bonaparte . Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte (1768-1844) was the elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, who made him King of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808), and later King of Spain (1808-1813, as José I). Pierre-Joseph Briot (1771-1827) was a French revolutionary and a major political figure. He was a member of the Freemasons of Besançon. During its presence in Calabria, he created a new home of Carbonari. Carbonarism (for Italy) or Carbonari (for France) is an initiatory secret and movement, politically charged, which contributed to the unification of Italy in the mid-nineteenth century.

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