LS in French, signed “Bonaparte,” one page, 8 x 12.5, Republique Francaise letterhead, July 4, 1799. Untranslated letter signed by Napoleon Bonaparte at his headquarters in Cairo, during his campaign in Egypt, ordering the organization of customs in Egypt for his financial administrator Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Poussielgue. Notably, Bonaparte makes two rare handwritten corrections to the letter's text. In fine condition.
This letter dates to Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and Syria, which he proclaimed to 'defend French trade interests' and to establish 'scientific enterprise' in the region. One of the campaign's enduring legacies was discovery of the Rosetta Stone on July 15, 1799—mere days after the present document—inspiring a burst of Egyptomania across Europe.
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