BIB_ID
433958
Accession number
MA 23582
Creator
Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1799 July?.
Description
1 item (2 pages)
Notes
Signed "Bernadotte." Written in his capacity as Minister of War.
Bernadotte uses the French Republican calendar and dates the letter "le [4] Thermidor / an 7 de la République française."
Based on the period of writing, Bernadotte's correspondent is probably Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, duc de Parme.
On the stationery of the Bureau of the Gendarmerie.
Removed in 1988 from an extra-illustrated copy of R.H. Horne, The history of Napoleon (London: R. Tyas, 1840-1846); PML 196675-196680. Letters removed from the volumes at this time were given the accession number MA 4587, but were never formally accessioned.
Bernadotte uses the French Republican calendar and dates the letter "le [4] Thermidor / an 7 de la République française."
Based on the period of writing, Bernadotte's correspondent is probably Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, duc de Parme.
On the stationery of the Bureau of the Gendarmerie.
Removed in 1988 from an extra-illustrated copy of R.H. Horne, The history of Napoleon (London: R. Tyas, 1840-1846); PML 196675-196680. Letters removed from the volumes at this time were given the accession number MA 4587, but were never formally accessioned.
Summary
Mentioning General Wirion; discussing the mounts for the gendarmerie in one department and whether this could apply to other departments as well.
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