Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)

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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
2 L.S. "Bonaparte" (the 1st with autograph apostille), Lausanne 23 and 24 floreal VIII [13-14 May 1800], "to the Consuls of the Republic" CAMBACÉRÈS and LEBRUN; the letters are written by Bourrienne; 2 and 1 pages in-4, engraved vignettes in the name of Bonaparte I Consul of the Republic. [6, 7] 23 floreal. ..." One should be very circumspect on these affairs of delegations. It is constant that all the coffers of the Dep[artemen]ts are full; it would therefore be essential to take care without respite to prevent this money from staying, and to use it for public service. Yesterday I reviewed the army. This whole part of Switzerland is absolutely French. The soldier is welcomed in the various houses, as he would be in his own. The Italic legion is going to go all the way to Italy, where the general in chief [Berthier] will organize it as he sees fit. [...] if my absence were prolonged by one or two months, it could give rise to great inconveniences. I have news of MASSENA from the 10th of February. He was absolutely surrounded in Genoa, fighting every day and constantly having small advantages. I hope that in the first decade of Prairial". It is necessary to activate the departure of the division of the rear-admiral Lacrosse (for Guadeloupe)...He adds in his hand: "Greetings" (?). 24 floreal. He received news of General Menou, of Rosette, and of Generals DESAIX and DAVOUT, who arrived at Toulon: "I write to them to go, by the shortest way, to me, when their quarantine will be finished". He asks to put "in the official journal that the generals Desaix and Davoust arrived at Toulon, with some sentence which makes feel that these two generals supported even after my departure, the reputation which they had acquired in the campaigns of Holland and the Rhine"...
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