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ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
Roger Morriss's fascinating and detailed treatment of relations between Cockburn and Napoleon on the long voyage out to Saint Helena and after...
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BIBLIOTHEQUE M. LAPEYRE - FONDATION NAPOLEON
During the month of August, the Fondation Napoléon's library, the Bibliothèque Martial Lapeyre will have reduced openings times, namely Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-6pm.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
In July, French troops left Switzerland.
4 July, 1802 (15 Messidor, An X), the consuls approved the decision for the construction of the Quai d'Orsay building, on the left bank of the Seine. The laying of the first stone by the was planned for 13 July (24 Messidor).
Journal des débats, 20 Messidor
8 July, 1802 (19 Messidor, An X), five French citizens were elevated to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Pius VII, one of which was Joseph Fesch, the First Consul's uncle.
13 July, 1802 (24 Messidor, An X), "A hearing was held in the 'police correctionnelle' of citizens Bossange, Masson and Besson, plaintiffs, against citizens Moutardier and Leclère, defendants. The defendants stand accused of violation of privilege and counterfeit, with respect to the edition which they published, about three months ago, of a Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, two volumes in quarto. Do Bossange, Masson and Besson have the privilege and exclusive rights (or can they be considered as having them) over the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, revised, corrected and expanded by the Academy itself, fifth edition? Have Moutardier and Leclère infringed the supposed property and privilege rights claimed by the plaintiffs? Have they counterfeited the said work whose title is: Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, revised, corrected etc.? Such were the questions examined by those defending the parties. […] The tribunal has postponed judgement until Wednesday 2 Thermidor…"
Le Moniteur, 28 Messidor
[The tribunal was to give the judgement that the Dictionnaire de l'Académie had become common property, and the seals on the copies were removed. – Le Journal des débats, 24 Thermidor]
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Don't know what to do for your holidays? Why not follow one of our Napoleonic itineraries,
to Corsica, Rueil-Malmaison, Compiègne, or even New York!
Snippets
- Startling new trove of Nelsonia revealed by Sotherby's
- Napoleonic societies to merge?
Journal news
- The summer edition of the The Defender - British Militia and Volunteer Study Group, Napoleonic Association
What's on
- Talk: Lecture on George Scovell, the man who cracked the French codes during the Peninsular War
- Conference: Lycée high schools and their students, 1802-2002
- Exhibition: Royal and aristocratic tiaras - Ending soon!
- Television: King's in waiting, a programme on the Prince Regent
The monthly titles
- Book of the Month: Napoleon and Wellington, by Andrew Roberts
- This month's picture, Costume ball at the Tuileries Palace, by Carpeaux
- Article of the Month, Napoleon and Saint Helena, 1815-1816, by Roger Morriss
- In the Collectors Corner, Desert plate from the «Service particulier de l'Empereur»
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