Auction Date:2010 Jan 13 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
Manuscript endorsement, rapidly signed “Np,” at the top of an ALS written by Major General Jean-Louis-Francois Fauconnet, Commandant of Antwerp, to Napoleon himself, dated May 1810. The letter, one page both sides, measures 8.25 x 13, and reads, in full: “I have four sons at your Majesty’s duty; the elder Major with the first Carabiniers regiment, the second, Captain with the 8th Fighter Regiment, the 3rd also Captain with the 8th Cuirassiers, and the last one Second Lieutenant with the 8th Dragons. The first three have been wounded in the last campaign; The Major, very seriously in Wagram [Austria]: he was commanding two squadrons from his regiment to Landshut [Bavaria], with which he penetrated in the city: he was commanding the first regiment to Regensburg [Bavaria], his Colonel having been wounded: he is the one, under your Majesty’s very eyes, and by his order, who has executed the various charges that took place. If my services, his and those of my other sons are agreeable to your Majesty, I have the honor to beg of you to grant to my elder son the Rank of Colonel. I am with most respect and devotion Sire to your Majesty the very humble and very obedient servant General de Division [Major General] commanding the Antwerp town.” At the top of the first page, written in another hand is an endorsement reading “Sent to the Minister of War to make a report, Anvers May 5, 1810,” and signed underneath “Np.” In fine condition, with some scattered light creases and wrinkles, several lines of letter’s text underlined, and a small stamp to front.
The petitioner, himself a Major General, has “the honor to beg” Napoleon to award a Colonel’s commission to his eldest, the most grievously wounded of his three sons in Napoleon’s service. The Emperor’s bold endorsement forwards the request to the Minister of War. Packed with first-hand references to famous battles, the document also offers an intimate glimpse at the sacrifices of Napoleon’s soldiers and their families.
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