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Lot #259
Napoleon Letter Signed to Minister of War, Ordering the Formation of Ship Garrisons

"I have asked you for a long time to create a project within each line regiment to form a company of ship garrisons, which would take number 2 in the 5th battalion"

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Description

"I have asked you for a long time to create a project within each line regiment to form a company of ship garrisons, which would take number 2 in the 5th battalion"

LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, April 5, 1811. Letter to his Minister of War, the Duc de Feltre, General Henri-Jaques Guillaume Clarke, in part (translated): "I have asked you for a long time to create a project within each line regiment to form a company of ship garrisons, which would take number 2 in the 5th battalion. Order that, in the meantime, the garrison of Tilsit and Friedland be formed by one company of the 18th and one of the 56th." In fine condition, with tiny pin holes to the lower left corner.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature
  • Dates: December 20, 2024 - January 08, 2025





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