, largely in a secretarial hand (probably written by Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, 1st Duc de Frioul), signed "Napoleon", with a footnote likely in Napoleon's hand. Single sheet, 2 pp., the text in a dark brown ink, dated Paris 17 March 1808, addressed "Mon Cousin." 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23 x 18.5 cm ); 25 lines written in dark brown ink, signed by Napoleon at lower left and with footnote opposite his signature. Usual creases and folds, a pen-blot just touching the "N" of Napoleon, some pale spotting, neatly hinged to mount. Framed with a portrait and a translation. Napoleon offers a bonus to the Infantry Corps of 6,340,000 francs "as proof of our satisfaction," and provides detailed instructions for its distribution, down to the words that would accompany the sum granted to each individual man. The footnote, almost certainly in Napoleon's hand, reads in translation "Let me know the sum of a month's pay for a cavalry squadron when it will have 500 men." C Property from a Connecticut Private Collector
, largely in a secretarial hand (probably written by Géraud Christophe Michel Duroc, 1st Duc de Frioul), signed "Napoleon", with a footnote likely in Napoleon's hand. Single sheet, 2 pp., the text in a dark brown ink, dated Paris 17 March 1808, addressed "Mon Cousin." 9 x 7 1/4 inches (23 x 18.5 cm ); 25 lines written in dark brown ink, signed by Napoleon at lower left and with footnote opposite his signature. Usual creases and folds, a pen-blot just touching the "N" of Napoleon, some pale spotting, neatly hinged to mount. Framed with a portrait and a translation. Napoleon offers a bonus to the Infantry Corps of 6,340,000 francs "as proof of our satisfaction," and provides detailed instructions for its distribution, down to the words that would accompany the sum granted to each individual man. The footnote, almost certainly in Napoleon's hand, reads in translation "Let me know the sum of a month's pay for a cavalry squadron when it will have 500 men." C Property from a Connecticut Private Collector
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