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Napoleon III

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Napoleon III

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Auction Date:2012 Apr 18 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire (1808–1873). Handwritten draft telegram, signed “L’Empereur,” in the heading, one page, 8.25 x 10.5. Telegram reads, “The Emperor to the Empress at Toulon Bazaine took command on Oct. 1. He has annuled the decree concerning the confiscations. Saligny persists in his desire to remain in Mexico. How is Fave doing?" Napoleon has crossed out two lines of the text as well. Telegram is noted at the bottom in an unknown hand, “Telegram sent Oct. 29, 1863 at 12:45. Handed to Her Majesty at 1:26.” In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical fold and some scattered light toning. Achille Francois Bazaine commanded French forces in Mexico. One month earlier Napoleon made him a Marshal of France. Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, French Ambassador to Mexico, former French Ambassador to the Republic of Texas, urged the French intervention in Mexico that ended in disaster.