Joseph BONAPARTE. L.S. "par triplicata conforme Joseph Bonaparte Cte de Survilliers", Philadelphia 22 January 1839, to M. Braccini fils 2 pages in-4 (one edge a little frayed), address to Cardinal Fesch in Rome, red wax seal. He learns that his correspondent has "some writings that fell into the hands of your Father [Francesco Braccini] during the sack of our house in 1793", and he would like them back. He asked him to find his brochure Cathéchisme de la Constitution à l'usage des habitans du Département de la Corse, as well as the Lettres de Paschal Paoli à ses concitoyens de Corse... Attached is the minute of a letter to Francis Lieber, Point Breeze 28 May 1832, on the subject of Napoleon's correspondence with sovereigns (3 p. and ½ in-4); and a l.a.s. from Frédéric Bonaparte to Lacoste, editor of the Courrier français des États-Unis, on the subject of his vain approaches to his "august family" (3 p. small in-4, address.