Lot n° 21
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1200 - 1500
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
3 L.S. "Bonaparte", Lyon 24-27 nivôse X [January 14-17, 1802], to Consuls CAMBACÉRÈS and LEBRUN; the letters are written by Bourrienne; 2 and 3 pages in-4, vignettes engraved with the name of Bonaparte I Consul of the Republic. [50, 51, 52] 24 nivose. "It is excessively cold here and I spend the mornings from noon to six o'clock receiving the Prefects and the notables of the neighboring departments. You know that, in these kinds of conferences, it is necessary to speak for a long time. This evening, the city of Lyon gives a concert and a ball. I will go there in one hour. The work of the Consulate advances. The troops of the army of the East are arriving in force in Lyon. I take measures to have them dressed. I intend to review them on the 28th. I continue to be extremely happy with everything I see, either from the people of Lyon, or from the south of France. The negotiations in Amiens seem to me to be progressing.
I congratulate you on the way everything is going in your hands. Joseph [his brother] wrote me from Amiens that Lord Cornwallis had told him that the news the British Cabinet had received from St. Domingue was favorable to the French army; that a great division had appeared in Toussaint's army... 26 nivose. The Minister of the Treasury must continue to deal with the family of the Marquis of Iranda: "I still think that we need fifteen hundred thousand francs. [...] as soon as the twenty-one companies of grenadiers of the navy will have arrived at Toulon, they will have to join their respective corps. The Lyonnais gave us a very distinguished feast [...] I go very slowly in my operations, because I spend all my mornings receiving deputations of the neighboring departments. [...] The well-being of the Republic has been noticeable for two years. Lyon during the years 8 and 9 has seen its population increase by more than twenty thousand souls, all the manufacturers that I have seen, from St. Etienne, Launay &ca, have assured me that their factories were in full activity. All the heads seem to me full of activity, not of that which disorganizes Empires, but of that which recreates them and produces their prosperity and wealth. In a few days, I will review nearly six half-brigades of the army of the East"... 27 Nivose. He asks to put in the Moniteur two notes arriving "from Constantinople by extraordinary mail. Although with many difficulties, Cen Sebastiani had his audience with Sultan Selim. The cold has increased again today considerably. The Saône is taken and the Rhône will probably be taken tonight. I have large conferences every day with the Prefects. The work of the Council is progressing. The troops of Egypt will be fairly well dressed only on the 30th and I intend to review them on that day"...
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