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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) - NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of the French 1804-14, 1815. L.S., `Nap´ , a bold ink signature, one page, 4to, gilt edges, at the Palace of Saint Cloud, 12th November 1811, to the duc de Feltre, in French. Napoleon sends an order regarding the conscripts in Genoa, he intends to increase his troops corps in Corsica, stating ` Il y a beaucoup de conscrits réfractaires au dépôt de Genes. Donnez ordre qu on les embarque sans délai, pour les envoyer à leur destination en Corse...´ (Translation: ” There are many recusant conscripts at the Genoa depot. Give orders so that they are embarked without delay, to be sent to their destination in Corsica...”) Napoleon married the eldest daughter of the Emperor of Austria a year earlier and works on his alliance proposal to Austria against Russia, which he will present a month later, and all this only a day after his return to St. Cloud accompanied by his spouse Marie Louise. VG