Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 50

Lot n° 50
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 50
Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) 4 L.S. "Bonaparte", the 1st with an autograph line, Paris, Étaples and Boulogne 7-14 nivôse XII (December 29, 1803-January 5, 1804), to Consul CAMBACÉRÈS; the letters are written by Méneval; 1 page in-4 each; engraved vignettes (except for the 2nd one) in the name of Bonaparte Ist Consul of the Republic. [137-139, 141] Nouvelle tournéee d'inspection au Camp de Boulogne. Paris 7 nivose. "I leave tomorrow, citizen Consul, at six o'clock in the morning for Boulogne. I will be here in the opening of the Legislative Body"...He adds in his hand: "write me every evening". Etaples 10 nivose. "I write to the citizen FLEURIEU so that he takes the portfolio [of the Navy]. I arrived yesterday morning at Étaples from where I am writing to you in my barrack. The wind is from the southwest and is frightful. This country looks very much like the land of Aeolus. I am going up right now to go to Boulogne by the foreshore.' Boulogne12 nivose. "I spent my days yesterday and the day before yesterday in inspections & in races in the port. I am going to leave to make a run to Ambleteuse, Wimereux, perhaps I will even go as far as Calais. I am doing very well. The weather is beginning to improve. I compliment you on the presentation of your brother the Cardinal [Étienne- Hubert de Cambacérès]. It will be a very beautiful senator ". Boulogne 14 nivose. "A convoy of one hundred sails entered Boulogne coming from Holland, Ostend and Calais. Two small boats with a crew of three men were taken by an English cutter, and a gunboat with twelve soldiers on board, having been lowered by the courans, fought for an hour against a large English corvette.
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