Older brother of Napoleon; King of Spain (1808–1813) and of Naples (1806–1808). ALS in French, signed “Buonaparte,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10, July 8, 1795. Letter to Citizen Rey, Commissioner of War, Marseilles. A humble request for a replacement to a passport lost in Marseilles due to "an unavoidable accident." Buonaparte desires two copies of the passport to be given to his brother-in-law as "neither the sea nor the land is safe." Reverse of second integral page bears an address panel in another hand with remnants of the embossed seal. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered creases and wrinkles, paper loss to second page from wax seal, and scattered toning. RRAuction COA.
