LS in French, signed with his usual “Nap,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 9, Schonbrunn, June 12, 1809. A letter to General Clarke in reply to the accompanying letter regarding military organization in Vienna-Schonbrunn. Accompanied by a DS in French from General Clarke dated March 23, 1809, with the heading “By order of the Emperor” regarding the troops which are available in all the strategic points and ready for future battles. In fine condition, with a mild vertical fold through Napoleon’s signature, an ink blotch over one word of the text, two sets of small staple holes in the left margin. The Treaty of Schonbrunn was signed October 14, 1809. Despite the disasters of the 1809 Campaign on the Danube, Austria's Emperor Francis I was not prepared to sign a peace treaty with France. In the end, an increasingly impatient Napoleon Bonaparte issued an ultimatum to Francis leaving him in no doubt that the French emperor was prepared to go to war again unless there was official peace. The Treaty of Schonbrunn saw Austria give up lands to Bavaria, the Duchy of Warsaw and Russia. She also ceded much of the Adriatic coastline to France. All told, the treaty took 3.5 million people from Austria, land-locked her without access to Adriatic ports and left her facing a 75-million franc war debt to France. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
