Mar 02, 2023 - Sale 2628

Sale 2628 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WRITTEN IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE FRANCO-RUSSIAN TREATY OF TILSIT NAPOLÉON. Letter Signed, to his adopted son Eugène de Beauharnais ("Prince Eugene Napoléon"), in French, acknowledging his letter regarding the Russian squadron and expressing disapproval of his having invited the Russian commanders to see him. 1/2 page, 4to; folds. Fontainebleau, 2 October 1807

Additional Details

"I received your letter relating to the Russian squadron. I informed you in a letter the day before yesterday that there are measures to be taken, and that you should not warn too many people. I had told you to treat the general officers who came to Milan well; but I didn't tell you to send invitations to squadron commanders to come and see you."