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BONAPARTE (Napoleon). Letter signed "Bonaparte" to consuls Jean-Jacques Régis Cambacérès and Charles-François Lebrun. Torre di Garofoli [today Torre Garofoli between Alexandria and Tortone, 9 km from Marengo], 27 prairial an VIII [16 juin 1800]. One p. in-4, copper-engraved letterhead "Bonaparte Ier consul de la République" illustrated with the effigy of my Republic, with Paris address crossed out. "The day after the battle of Maringo,... General Melas [Michael von Melas, commander-in-chief of the Austrian army] asked the outposts to send me General Skal [Ferdinand von Skal und Gross-Ellgut] and we agreed during the day on the convention of which you will find a copy attached, which was signed during the night by General Berthier and General Melas. I hope the French people will be pleased with their army. I shall be in Milan this evening. I greet you affectionately..." Letter written under dictation by his secretary Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne.

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BONAPARTE (Napoleon). Letter signed "Bonaparte" to consuls Jean-Jacques Régis Cambacérès and Charles-François Lebrun. Torre di Garofoli [today Torre Garofoli between Alexandria and Tortone, 9 km from Marengo], 27 prairial an VIII [16 juin 1800]. One p. in-4, copper-engraved letterhead "Bonaparte Ier consul de la République" illustrated with the effigy of my Republic, with Paris address crossed out. "The day after the battle of Maringo,... General Melas [Michael von Melas, commander-in-chief of the Austrian army] asked the outposts to send me General Skal [Ferdinand von Skal und Gross-Ellgut] and we agreed during the day on the convention of which you will find a copy attached, which was signed during the night by General Berthier and General Melas. I hope the French people will be pleased with their army. I shall be in Milan this evening. I greet you affectionately..." Letter written under dictation by his secretary Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne.

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