Napoleon Bonaparte, Military Letters
Title: Napoleon Bonaparte, Military Letters
Creator:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Dates: 1798, 1810
Quantity: 2 items
Collection Number: MS 119
Language: French
Restrictions:
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Preferred Citation: Napoleon Bonaparte, Military Letters (MS 119). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Biography:
Napoleon Bonaparte served as a general during the French Revolution and became Emperor of France and King of Italy as Napoleon
I.
Scope and Content:
There are two military letters that outline requests for promotion and sick leave.
Subjects:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, 1768-1844
Berthier, Louis-Alexandre, 1753-1815
Container List:
Box 1.
Folder 1. Military letters, 1798, 1810
Item 1. Letter, 1798, July 3
A letter from the General of the Division Boars of the Army of the Orient requesting that Captain Charbound be promoted to
the rank of Battalion Chief for his exemplary service in the Battle of the Pyramids in Egypt. Napoleon granted the request
on 3 July 1798, with his full signature.
Item 2. Letter, 1810, July 3
A letter from Marshal Louis Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815) the Prince of Wagram and Neufchâtel, Switzerland, to Joseph Bonaparte,
Emperor and King of Spain and brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, requesting a thirteen-month sick leave for Lt. Koch in the Spanish
Army. Napoleon granted the request on 3 July 1810 by signing his initials "NB."
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