![NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Letter signed ("Bonaparte" with flourish), as "Général in Chef de l'Armeé d'Italie," to an unidentified correspondent, Headquarters in Milan, [30 December 1799]. 1 page, 10 x 8½ in. approximately, the upper third of the sheet displaying a very large engraved decorative cartouche containing a personification of Liberty: a woman holding a fasces and surrounded by campaign tents, cannon and a military drum, the bold legend "République Francaise Liberté Egalité" at top and sides, in French. Matted with a portrait in a giltwood frame. Unexamined out of frame.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/NYR/2004_NYR_01527_2021_000(093414).jpg?w=1)
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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Letter signed ("Bonaparte" with flourish), as "Général in Chef de l'Armeé d'Italie," to an unidentified correspondent, Headquarters in Milan, [30 December 1799]. 1 page, 10 x 8½ in. approximately, the upper third of the sheet displaying a very large engraved decorative cartouche containing a personification of Liberty: a woman holding a fasces and surrounded by campaign tents, cannon and a military drum, the bold legend "République Francaise Liberté Egalité" at top and sides, in French. Matted with a portrait in a giltwood frame. Unexamined out of frame.
"You will find herewith attached [not present] a rough draft of what Gen. Saraguay suggested to me. I ask you to let me know what you consider useful in it."
"You will find herewith attached [not present] a rough draft of what Gen. Saraguay suggested to me. I ask you to let me know what you consider useful in it."