1808 SPANISH WAR - PENINSULA WAR RELATED MULTI HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES COMMENCING: IL PREFETTO E ASSISTENTI, DELLA VENERABILE CONGREGAZIONE E COMPAGNIA, DEL SANTISSIMO SACRAMENTO, ERETTA NELLA PARROCCHIA DI SANT'EULALIA DEL QUARTIERE DELLA MARINA

Two rare documents, purple-stained, partly-printed, ink signed, dated, 1808, each headed IL PREFETTO E ASSISTENTI, DELLA VENERABILE CONGREGAZIONE E COMPAGNIA, DEL SANTISSIMO SACRAMENTO, ERETTA NELLA PARROCCHIA DI SANT'EULALIA DEL QUARTIERE DELLA MARINA [Translation: THE PREFECT AND ASSISTANTS OF THE VENERABLE CONGREGATION AND COMPANY OF THE SANTISSIMO SACRAMENT, ERECTED IN THE PARISH OF SANT'EULALIA IN THE MARINA DISTRICT].

The ink has really lightened on one of these except for the signature. The original file folder contained a very old collection of foreign autographs and documents which indicates: "Spanish War - rare watermarks - unusually good." Documents relating to the 1808 - 1814 Spanish War, or the Peninsula War as is called Spain's War of Independance are very, very scarce. Four bold signatures and the fact that it is dated squarely at the beginning of the conflict make for a very interesting pair of documents that require further research. Italian Langauge.