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LOT 972:
NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A fine D.S., `Np
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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A fine D.S., `Np
NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A fine D.S., `Np´, one page, 4to, Paris, 11th February 1812, to the Duc de Feltre, in French. Napoleon sends an urgent order, stating `Monsieur le Duc de Feltre, laissez le general Monthion jusqu´a nouvel ordre a Bayonne. Le general Lhuillier est nécessaire a Bordeaux…´ ("Monsieur le Duc de Feltre, leave General Monthion in Bayonne until further notice. General Lhuillier is needed in Bordeaux…") The present letter was dictated by Napoleon to Meneval while French troops were starting to move towards Russia. Accompanied by a small 12mo holograph pinned receipt to the bottom left corner. VG
Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon. Later Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24.
Claude François de Méneval (1778-1850) Baron of the Empire. Memoirist of the 19th century. Napoleon´s private secretary and his closest collaborator.
François Gédéon Bailly, Count of Monthion, French General and Politician. He participated in the Russian campaign and would later replace General Berthier.
