NAPOLEON Endorsement Signed Np on a partly printed letter to

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ON THE 9TH DAY OF THE "HUNDRED DAYS" NAPOLEON. Endorsement Signed, "Np," on a partly-printed letter to him from Minister of War Louis-Nicolas Davout, Prince of Eckmühl. The letter, in French, suggesting that the officers who served under General Pannetier during Napoleon's return to Paris be promoted into the Army as Second-Lieutenants in the Cavalry. The endorsement, in French, requiring that the soldiers must be promoted according to their qualifications. 1 page, 4to; mounted at upper corners, left edge unevenly trimmed; framed with a portrait. Paris, 28 March 1815

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The letter: "Among the officers on half-pay who, along the route of Your Majesty from Golfe Juan to Paris . . . are a number of regular guards of honor, who are applying to be promoted . . . .
"I have the honor to propose . . . that their requests be granted, in recompense for their services and their devotion."
The endorsement: "Establish that they have the qualifications necessary for the rank of Second-Lieutenant; but use them according to their qualifications. There are certain guardsmen who have no more military training than ordinary soldiers."
On March 13, 1815, the representatives of Europe who assembled at the Congress of Vienna declared "that Napoleon . . . [is] an enemy . . . of the world." Napoleon defied his exile on Elba and, on February 28, arrived at Golfe Juan, whence he was triumphantly escorted to Paris. The present letter concerns some of the men in his escort.