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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. Unedited excellent L.S., `Nap - NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. Unedited excellent L.S., `Nap´, with holograph annotation in his hand `Renvoyez-moi ces états qui sont tous fauts´ (''Send me back these reports which are all wrong''), one page, 4to, St.Cloud, 28th July 1806, to Prince Eugene Beauharnais, in French. Napoleon states in part `My son, you will find here attached the status reports of the French artillery. Send them to my Minister of war in order to make him set up reports of the Italian artillery based on such example, and send them to me every month..´ The written text of the present letter is in the hand of Meneval. Left edge only very slightly trimmed, otherwised VG £2000-3000 Eugene de Beauharnais (1781-1824) French Prince, son of Josephine de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy 1805-14 and Grand Duke of Frankfurt. Stepson and adopted child of Napoleon Bonaparte. Claude François de Méneval (1778-1850) Baron of the Empire. Memoirist of the 19th century. Napoleon´s private secretary and his closest collaborator.