Exceptional manuscript document, Napoleon as General in Chief of the Army of Italy issues five articles ordering the Convent of San Benedetto to be suppressed and the monks there to return to their provinces. He also orders that half of the goods belonging to the convents present in Mantua be given to civilians who had lost their homes in consequence of the defense of the city. The other half to be divided: Two thirds to the coffers of the army and the other third to the inhabitants of San Benedetto to compensate them for the alms which the convent would have given them. The third article orders any good belonging to the convent in the Cisalpine Republic or in Lombardy are to be confiscated for the benefit of the army. The convent of San Benedetto is to be turned into a military hospital under the disposition of the Chief Director. This document bears an exquisite large engraved vignette at the top of page one of the French Liberty figure and Bonaparte's name as General in Chief of the Army of Italy. Bonaparte's signature, on page two, is strong and dark.