BONAPARTE (Napoleon).
Letter signed "Bonaparte" to consuls Jean-Jacques Régis CAMBACÉRÈS and Charles-François LEBRUN. Torre
di Garofoli [today Torre Garofoli between Alexandria and Tortone, 9 km from Marengo], 26 prairial an VIII [June 15
1800]. 3/4 p. in-4, copper-engraved header "Bonaparte Ier consul de la République" illustrated with the effigy of the Republic,
with crossed-out Paris address.
LETTER WRITTEN THE DAY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MARENGO, WHERE GENERAL DESAIX
WAS KILLED IN ACTION.
"The news from the army... is very good. I shall soon be in Paris. I cannot tell you any more: I am in the deepest pain
the death of the man I loved and esteemed most. I send you my affectionate greetings...".
Letter written under the dictation of his secretary Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, under whose name would be published
famous memoirs.
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