Subasta Bidspirit | NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821)

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) - NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A letter of good content, L.S., ` Np´, one page, guilt edges, 4to, St. Cloud, 13th April 1813, to the Baron La Bouillerie, in French. Napoleon reorganizes his troops after the disaster of the Russian campaign and orders several important payments to attend debts pending with the troops and his own Guard, stating ` Monsieur le Baron La Bouillerie fera les dix millions en or que vous avez tiré du trésor de réserve du domaine extraordinaire. Vous en avez fait partir quatre pour Mayence, vous en ferez partir deux autres cette nuit. Il en a été mis trois à la disposition du grand maréchal pour la Garde. Vous en tiendrez un quatrième à sa disposition, et fera donc sept millions que j´aurai avancé à la Garde...´ (Translation: ” Monsieur le Baron La Bouillerie will make up the ten million in gold that that you have drawn from the reserve treasury. You have sent four millions to Mainz, and you will send two more tonight. Three have been placed at the disposal of the Grand Marshal for the Guard. You will keep a fourth at his disposal, and this will make seven millions that I will have advanced to the Guard......”) Extremely small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG François Marie Pierre Roullet (1764-1833) Baron and later Count de La Bouillerie. Advisor to the King and treasurer of France. French Minister of State and in charge of the finance department. Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc (1772-1813) Duke of Frioul. The ”Grand Maréchal”. French general and diplomat who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his friendship with Napoleon Bonaparte, who appointed him as the first Grand Marshal of the Palace, the head of the Emperor´s military household. He is sometimes referred to as ‘Napoleon's shadow’ (” l'ombre de Napoléon” ). On the same day the present letter was written Napoleon was involved in intense military preparations concentrating his troops and finalizing the details for his departure to the front. Only six days after, on April 16th, Napoleon would leave Saint-Cloud to assume direct command of the army in Saxony and confront the newly formed Sixth Coalition of Russia and Prussia.