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In picturesLetter of Bonaparte to Barras, Passeriano, 4 Vendémiaire, 1797, Coppet CollectionA facsimile of this text was published by Jacques Arnna in Pages de l'épopée imperiale impériale, Tours, 1952, pp. 86-88.The text reads“Barras, J'ai été aussi surpris que tout homme l'aurait été à ma place de la conduite que l'on a tenue à mon égard. L'on me traite comme si mes sentiments étaient suspects. Augereau, par […]
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In pictures7: Document once part of the Collection Emile Brouwet / Musée Napoléon, Digne – Napoleon to Barras, with autograph postscriptDocument once part of the Collection Emile Brouwet / Musée Napoléon, Digne. The Musée Napoléon in Digne-les-Bains was opened on 1 January, 1932, in a corridor in the Hôtel l'Hermitage (today a student hall of residence). the museum was dismanteled in 1939. The major part of the Brouwet collection was sold at auction in 1934. […]
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In pictures8: The body of the letter of the Princeton/Vilnius documents published separately by Léonce de Brotonne (1898), no. 13No. 13, body of the letter in the Princeton/Vilnius documentsAddressee: Barras; place: Passeriano; date: 4 Vendémiaire, An V[I] (25 September, 1797). In fact, Brotonne gives “an V” but the 4 Vendémiaire, An V is the 25th September, 1796. Since we have the autograph for this document (i.e., the Princeton/Vilnius documents and the facsimile in Coston) […]
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In pictures9: The postscript of the Princeton/Vilnius documents published separately by Léonce de Brotonne (1898), no. 9No. 9, postscript of the Princeton/Vilnius documentsAddressee: Carnot; without place or date – here marked 9.It is possible that Brotonne took the addressee here, Carnot, from Coston, whom he cites (No. 13, note 1). In a note to No. 9, Brotonne dated this postscript to the “derniers jours de prairial an IV (mai 1796)” (the […]
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In pictures5: The body of the letter of the Princeton/Vilnius document published on its own with fac-simile by the Baron de CostonLe baron de Coston, Biographie des premières années de Napoléon Bonaparte, c'est-à-dire depuis sa naissance jusqu'à l'époque de son commandement en chef de l'armée d'Italie ; avec un appendice renfermant des documents ou inédits ou peu connus, postérieurs à cette époque, Paris; Valence: Marc Aurel frères, 1840, 2 vols. Coston published the body of the letter […]
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In pictures4: Document from the Service Historique de l’Armée de Terre (S.H.A.T.), complete minute comprising the body of the letter on the Princeton/Vilnius documentShelfmark: S.H.A.T., C1712Minute (copyist's hand)Addressee: Barras; place: Passeriano; date: 4 Vendémiaire, An IV (crossed out and corrected to An VI), 25 September, 1797. The text here is that of the body of the letter of the Princeton/Vilnius document, without the postscript.
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In pictures6: The postscript of the Princeton/Vilnius document published on its own with fac-simile by the Baron de CostonLe baron de Coston, Biographie des premières années de Napoléon Bonaparte, c'est-à-dire depuis sa naissance jusqu'à l'époque de son commandement en chef de l'armée d'Italie ; avec un appendice renfermant des documents ou inédits ou peu connus, postérieurs à cette époque, Paris; Valence: Marc Aurel frères, 1840, 2 vols.Coston published the post-script of the Princeton/Vilnius […]
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In pictures1: The Princeton document, comprising a letter and a postscript, both in the hand of NapoleonShelfmark: Princeton University Library, General Mss [Misc.] C0140, Box NA, Subfolder 1, 1 letter [1796 ?]Without addressee; place: Passeriano ; date : 4 Vendémiaire, 25 Septembre [1797]. Despite the fact that the year is not recorded, the date 1797 is certain since we know that this was the only time Napoleon was at Passeriano, in […]
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In pictures2: The Vilnius document, comprising a letter and a postscript, both in the hand of NapoleonShelfmark: Vilnius University Library, VUBRS F48-300Identical to the Princeton document.
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In picturesGun carriage for a 6-inch long-range howitzer, Mle 1795
1/6 scale model. See the article by Michel Decker “L'artillerie impériale (mai 1804-avril 1814)” in the Revue du souvenir napoléonien n°371.