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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) - NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent L.S., ` Bonaparte ´, one page, 4to, Sedan, 9 th August 1803, to Consul Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacéres, in French. The letter bears an attractive Republican vignette to the heading, stating `Au nom du Peuple Français - Bonaparte Consul de la République”. The letter dictated by Napoleon is in the hand of Meneval. Napoleon states ` Je pars dans une heure pour Rheims, Citoyen Consul. Je suis tres content des manufactures de cette ville. Je le suis beaucoup de son esprit. Toutes les nouvelles que je reçois de tous cotés, m'apprennent que nos batimens rentrent a force dans les ports d'Espagne et même du Nord. La chaleur est toujours ici très forte´ (Translation: “ I'm leaving in an hour for Rheims, Citizen Consul. I am very happy with the factories in this city. I am very much of this spirit. All the news that I receive from all sides report to me that our ships are accessing by force to the ports of Spain and even of the North. The heat is still very strong here”) Napoleon, as First Consul, started in the end of June 1803 an inspection trip to the north of France and Belgium, and works on his first plan to invade England. Paper with watermark. With blank integral leaf. VG   Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacéres (1753-1824) 1st Duke of Cambacéres. French Lawyer and Statesman. Author of the Napoleonic Code, which still forms the basis of the French civil law