Napoléon

On placera le petit mortier derrière de manière à pouvoir également être tiré dans toutes les directions. Il sera mis tout à l'extrémité du fort. Du côté de la mer, une petite pièce en fer du calibre de 6 à 12 et la plus courte possible sera placée. On la disposera aussi de manière à pouvoir la tirer dans tous les sens et sur [...]. Il sera nécessaire de construire une petite muraille qui renferme dans le fort une grotte très bien située pour faire un four et des magasins. Donnez l'ordre de rétablir les 3 maisons qui servaient à loger la garnison lorsque les Anglais se sont emparés du fort. On estime qu'il ne faut pas plus de 600 francs pour cela. = Sur ce, je prie Dieu qu'Il vous ait en Sa sainte garde." Translation: "Count Drouot, the engineering officer from Pianosa, lacks experience, and the works have been poorly conducted. However, one must accept things as they are. Instruct him to finish the vante of the guardhouse and to bring it to the same level as the fort with embankments of earth. As it is on the vante of this guardhouse that the 3 cannon pieces will be placed, the platform will be made so that these pieces can, as needed, be fired to the right and left, forward and backward. Place the small mortar behind in a way that it can also be fired in all directions. It will be positioned at the very end of the fort. On the sea side, a small iron piece, caliber 6 to 12, and as short as possible will be placed. It will also be arranged to be fired in all directions and on [...]. It will be necessary to build a small wall that encloses in the fort a cave very well situated to make an oven and stores. Give the order to restore the 3 houses that were used to lodge the garrison when the English took possession of the fort. It is estimated that no more than 600 francs are needed for this. = On this note, I pray to God that He watches over you.".

La municipalité doit fixer le maximum sur cet objet, comme sur tant d'autres. Je crois qu'il vaut mieux payer tant par quintal de balles que par jours. Vous pouvez, pour cela, faire fixer la journée qui doit toujours être l'élément de toutes les mesures". - Lower left corner torn off (not touching text); some brownstaining, otherwise a perfect sheet. Once in the collection of André de Coppet (1892-1953), now stored at the Firestone Library, Princeton..

I want you to compile a one page report for me that informs me 'the law has affected' the share of the assets that the law has affected in the veterans' camps of the 27th military division, how many have already been appointed for this service and what it lacks"]. - Because of the many corrections the letter was never signed or sent. Every line has been partly crossed out or modified by the Emperor. - Napoleon's coronation as Emperor of the French had only taken place three months prior at which occasion the deputies of the Italian Republic officially offered the crown of Italy to him. On March 17, 1805 the political transformation of the Italian Republic to the Kingdom of Italy (1805-1814) was put into effect. The letter to Charles Gaudin relates to this process as Napoleon wanted to be fully informed about the financial obligations to the veterans of Piedmont, his new subjects..

Napoléon is convinced that he has to facilitate the passage. He asks Count Batte not to leave Boulogne until at least half of the totality of the ships will have appeared and his activities will be confirmed to him. Napoléon tells Count Batte to make sure not to miss any occasion to increase the departure of sections of the flotilla taking into consideration that the season is still very favourable for this movement and that any delay could cause an infinite retardation of success. Napoléon informs Count Batte that upon his arrival at Cherbourg the Ministry of the Navy will address him with instructions concerning the task that he has to fulfill and concerning the ultimate destination of this important part of the flotilla. Napoléon ends his letter by pleading to god to keep Rear Admiral Count Batte in good health. - Some tiny holes (not touching the signature)..

de Las Cases". Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases and his son accompanied the former emperor to Saint Helena. There, he acted informally but very assiduously as his secretary, taking down numerous notes of his conversations which thereafter took form in the famous "Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène"..

| Bonaparte". (Translation: "I only spoke after having dictated [?] the letter, and I request you to make a petition of it, writing that nobody is so destined or more respected than I am to do something that could advance it. If my occupations permit me I will treat your letter urgently myself. Bonaparte". - Addressee illegible. Extensive spotting with slight damage to folds, reinforced in parts..

Quant aux tribunaux de rosette, d'alexandrie et de damiette, les généraux commandant en place en nommeront les membres. Je vous prie de me faire passer aujourd'huy trois copies de cet ordre pour être envoyée à ces generaux [...]". - With a handwritten postscript, presumably by the recipient, passing on the order to his colleagues in Alexandria, Rosette and Damiette (dated Cairo, "27 fructidor an 6" [13 September 1798]). - Very slightly brownstained in places; upper margin somewhat dust-toned. A fine document of Napoleon's efforts to set up French colonial administration in Egypt..

Napoleon was eager to impress his imperial guest and spared no expenses, hosting lavish receptions, hunting parties, and theatre performances. On the occasion of the Congress, Napoleon received Goethe on 2 October 1808, and Niccolò Paganini performed for the two emperors. - In the hand of Napoleon's private secretary Claude-François Méneval. Traces of folds and very slight browning. Old accession number 481 in ink..

Vous vous conformerez, pour ce qui concerne la désignation des témoins, à ce qui est prescrit par l'article 19". - Louise Julie Caroline (1805-89) was born before the decree of the statute of the Imperial family on 30 March 1806, which explains the necessity for a new birth certificate and the delay. - The letter was written during the Congress of Erfurt, a meeting between Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia that lasted from 27 September to 14 October in the then-French city and was supposed to reaffirm the French-Russian alliance that had been forged in the Treaties of Tilsit in July 1807. Napoleon was eager to impress his imperial guest and spared no expenses, hosting lavish receptions, hunting parties, and theatre performances. On the occasion of the Congress, Napoleon received Goethe on 2 October 1808, and Niccolò Paganini performed for the two emperors. - In the hand of Napoleon's private secretary Claude-François Méneval. Traces of folds and very slight browning. Old accession number 480 in ink..

Napoleon was eager to impress his imperial guest and spared no expenses, hosting lavish receptions, hunting parties, and theatre performances. On the occasion of the Congress, Napoleon received Goethe on 2 October 1808, and Niccolò Paganini performed for the two emperors. - In the hand of Napoleon's private secretary Claude-François Méneval. Traces of folds and very slight browning. Old accession number 479 in ink..