Brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte (1767-1815) who was a marshal in Napoleon's regime and who reigned as King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. ALS in French, signed “J. Murat,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10.25, Liberte Egalite letterhead, [March 17, 1802]. Letter to Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, in part: "I am on the way to leave, as I already announced to you, my dear Cardinal, I am getting ready to the trip with great pleasure and it is a great pleasure to embrace you and to send you the expression of my inviolable attachment...I am sorry I will not be back for the childbirth of Mrs. Murat; farewell my dear Cardinal, love me as I love you and assure His Holiness [Pope Pius VII] that he hasn't better friend than me." In fine condition.
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