Lot no. 268
Joseph BONAPARTE. 2 minutes of letters (the 2nd with autograph corrections), 1818-1824, to comte de Las Cases 2 pages in-4 each. Philadelphia 10 June 1818. He is "distressed by what you tell me about the Emperor, since it is not in my power to remedy it. Time must no doubt put an end to the iniquitous system adopted against his person [...] I have not listened to the various proposals that have been made to me to try to free him, convinced that such an attempt could only worsen his situation"...
Point Breeze 1st August 1824. He has received the 8 volumes of the Mémorial, and points out inaccuracies, in particular about his great-uncle's prophecy and his father's death... He thanks Las Cases for the "devotion you have shown to the man I have loved most"...
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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