Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 102

Lot 102
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) - Lot 102
Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) 7 L.S. "Napol", "Nap" or "NP", Moscow October 3-18, 1812, to Archchancellor CAMBACÉRÈS; the letters are written by Méneval, except 2 by Fain; 3 pages and 4 half-pages in-4. [669-675] Napoleon a Moscou. 3 October. "My Cousin, I have given the retirement to the Councillor of State MALOUET. He is a rambler and a schemer. I don't like a man who has been Constituent, and who has spent part of his life with the English, to meddle with what does not concern him. Let Defermon know, Quinette, that I don't want any intrigues and that if one interferes in what doesn't concern private individuals, one will lose my confidence. I made known to the Minister of Police my intentions with regard to other individuals. October 4. "The Duke of Bassano [Maret] has written to the Minister of America [Barlow] to go to Vilna to arrange what concerns his affairs. There is nothing new here"... October 6. "I hope you will not delay in informing me that the flours have dropped. There is no inconvenience that the King [of Spain, Joseph] wants, with regard to the sequestration put on a small sum at Valence"... October 8. "My Cousin, I received your letters of the 20th. Those of the 21st will tell me that you are informed of the battle of Moskova. My health is very good. The army has recovered well here from its fatigues. I think that the ministers must take care of the budget for 1813. I approve that you convene the Privy Council for the examination of the requests for pardons formulated by the military & others"... October 12. "The Duke of Bassano had to write to the minister of the United States to go to Vilna to confer with him"... October 14. "There is nothing new here"... October 18. "My Cousin, send for Count REGNAUD and let him know that I have seen with sorrow that he is meddling in what should not concern him and that he is having negotiations with the Americans; that this is not his business, and that this gives me reason to suspect that this conduct is self-serving; that he is not meddling in intrigue and that he is only concerned with what concerns him. Witness my displeasure to Duke Dalberg [that] he has shown the documents of his negotiations to Count Regnaud, who has no use for them and to whom he owes no account...
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