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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)

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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
7 L.S. "Bonaparte", 3 of which with autograph compliment, Brussels 3-10 thermidor XI (July 22-29, 1803), to the Consul
CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval| 2 pages and a half, 1 page and a quarter, 1 page and a half, 1 page and a half, 1 and 1 pages in-4, engraved vignettes in the name of Bonaparte I Consul of the Republic. [114 to 120]
Seven letters from Brussels.
3 thermidor. He arrived the day before "in Brussels, at 8 o'clock in the evening. The heat was rather strong these two days ". He will receive the following day
M. Lombard, "intimate Secretary of the King of Prussia, charged to give me a letter of which one says the important object". He complains about FLEURIEU (Minister of the Navy by interim) who "did not take any measure to make pay the expenses of road to the workmen who one made come to Paris and to those which one sent back, it is a bad way of acting with people who come to serve us. It would be more appropriate to send them to
Boulogne, Cherbourg, etc., where the work has stopped due to lack of manpower. We would need 5 to 6,000 of them"... He prepares "a draft decree to employ 4600 workers from the conscriptions of year 11 and year 12 in the arsenals of the Navy. It is urgent to have it discussed as soon as possible.
In Paris, it is claimed that they are worthless and in the ports, everybody asks for them. The workmen of the conscription of the past year who are in the ports make marvel there"... 4 thermidor. "For two days that I am in Brussels, I did not leave. I received the various authorities, and dispatched some business. The mission of Mr. Lombard seems to have for goal only to tighten our connections with Prussia. I saw the commission of the Dutch government.
Tomorrow or the next day I will settle my itinerary for the rest of my trip.
I go in one hour to a party that the city gives me "... In his hand: "Hello", before a large signature.
5 thermidor. "I went yesterday to a party of the Municipality of Brussels, which appeared to me rather badly ordered. There were five or six times more people than the room could contain. Today I went to mass with great ceremony. The Cardinal Legate [CAPRARA] said a small mass.
He recommends that his itinerary be published in the newspapers. "I expect to be back in Paris on the 24th or 25th of Thermidor. I will make my trip with pleasure. The season is hot and will become hotter. The way I am traveling, I could not have seen the Departments together, without exposing myself to return to Paris only in the middle of September. The season is too hot| I will postpone this voyage to another circumstance ".
6 thermidor. He appointed the rear-admiral MISSIESSY as maritime prefect in Le Havre. In his hand: "I greet you".
7 thermidor. LEBRUN arrived: "he seemed to me a little tired of the road.
All the Belgian ladies were presented today to my wife.
There is at this moment illumination at the green alley. Having ridden today, I prefer to send my mail while all the ladies are there. He saw for a long time the ambassador SCHIMMELPENNINCK with the Batave Commission: "They promise a lot. We will see if they will keep their promises. Colonel RAPP, who arrived from Hanover, gives rather good information on our situation in this country"... 9 thermidor. He is pleased "that the Senate deals with the nominations [of the deputies to the Legislative body]. Try to make us good choices. The Consul
LEBRUN was yesterday in the countryside. He has already been around
Brussels. The Commerce gave a party yesterday where there was as much order and decency as there had been disorder and bad order in the last party. He will leave Saturday morning... 10 thermidor. "There is no kind of doubt, Citizen Consul, that all the works of the literary societies, sciences, arts, and even the large works, are not included in this measure of monitoring, and I can only complain of the police to give place to complaints of this kind ". In his hand: "Hello".