Auction Date:2011 May 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7 x 9, April 21, 1806. Letter to his son, Prince Eugene Napoleon. In full: “My son, tell me how many muskets are in Palma nova, Mantoue and Peschiera, appurtenances belonging to the French artillery & the Italian artillery. I must have 8 or 9000 muskets at Plaisance that I ordered to be sent to Mantoue to accelerate this movement; they had been originally intended to Ancône, which was ridiculous.” Double matted and framed with a color portrait of Napoleon in royal garb, to an overall size of 19.5 x 15. In fine condition, with some scattered light creases and wrinkles, and a small area of toning to top left corner.
Prince Eugene de Beauharnais was the only son of Empress Josephine, the woman whom Napoleon had married in 1796. A decade later, the emperor sent this message to his adopted son after ordering General Jean-Andoche Junot to regain control of Italy’s Plaisance region. The area had revolted during the winter of 1805—a move that did not sit well with the recently self-proclaimed king of Italy—as he inquires here about the transfer of weapons needed “to accelerate this movement.” A unique ‘message’ from father to son.
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