NAPOLEON III (1808-1873). L.A.S. "Napoléon Louis Bonaparte", [1836], to Mrs Gordon Archer in Strasbourg 1 page in-8, address (folds repaired). Before his attempted coup d'état in Strasbourg (30 October 1836, in which the former singer Éléonore Brault, Mrs Gordon Archer, played an active role). "Monsieur de Persigny having told me that he had the pleasure of meeting you in Strasbourg, I take this opportunity to recall you to my memory and express my gratitude for the devotion you have always shown to the Emperor's cause"... Attached is a L.S. to General Exelmans (Élysée 18 April 1850); 4 printed proclamations (1848-1870); a voter's card (1870); a poster of democratic imagery, Les Journées de Napoléon III; 2 portraits (defects).