Napoleonic documents.

Date:
1799-1813
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Description

Miscellaneous documents relating to Napoleon I, Emperor of the French1. Letter from Jean Gaspard [Johann Caspar] Lavater (1741-1801) to Bonaparte requesting withdrawal of French occupying forces from Switzerland, for the relief of the population. Zurich, 26 November 1799.2. Letter from [Jean-Baptiste Joseph] Delambre (1749-1822) to Bonaparte covering his report [not present] on the 'T?l?graphe intime' of citoyen Alexandre. An XI, 1803. 3. Report by [Gaspard] Monge (1746-1818) to Napoleon I concerning [Alexander von] Humboldt (1769-1859), giving extensive biographical information about him and his scholarly and scientific credentials. Paris, 4 March 1808.4. Petition from Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), Prince of Wagram and Neuch?tel, signed 'Alexandre', to Napoleon I, requesting leave of absence for reasons of recovering his health for 'Capitaine du G?nie' Montauban, who had been badly wounded at the siege of Lerida. Paris, 20 September 1810. Countersigned by Napoleon ('Nap') with his approval, St Cloud, 21 September 1810.5. Deed of confirmation by Napoleon I of articles of agreement between Hugues-Bernard Maret (1763-1839), Duke of Bassano, French diplomat, and Georg Ernst Levin von Wintzingerode (1752-1834), ambassador of J?r?me Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, in Paris, concerning the administration of justice in the kingdom of Westphalia. Signed by Napoleon ('Nap') at his headquarters at Dresden, 14 May 1813, and countersigned by Bassano and Pierre Daru (1767-1829), secretary of state.

Publication/Creation

1799-1813

Physical description

5 pieces in one file
5 loose documents of various sizes

Creator/production credits

Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801

Language note

In French.

Ownership note

No. 4 was formerly in the Bibliotheca Lindesiana, dispersed at auction by Sotheby's in 1925

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Languages

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