Eugène de Beauharnais

Letter signed by Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Empress Joséphine and future viceroy of Italy, then a squadron leader commanding the mounted chasseurs of the Guard of the Consuls. The letter is dated 2 Fructidor An X, i.e., 20 August 1802. Written in brown ink by a secretary on a double sheet of laid paper with watermark and an engraved header printed “Liberté – Égalité / Garde des Consuls” in the name and titles of Beauharnais, signed by his hand with a monogram. The sheet is mounted on a support sheet bearing an ink-drawn border and the caption “Eugene Beauharnois” which reveals the back of the letter. Address on the back “To Citizen Emery, Councillor of State, rue de Varenne, in Paris,” with fragment of red wax seal. In this letter addressed to Councillor of State Emery (perhaps Jean-Louis Emmery), Eugène de Beauharnais transmits, on orders of the First Consul, a memorandum accompanied by a petition annotated in the margin. He asks him to take note of it and to report to the First Consul. “to Citizen Emery, Councillor of State I have the honor to address you, Citizen, the memorandum that the First Consul has charged me with presenting to you as you will see by the marginal note on the petition annexed to it, of which I beg you to take note and to report to the First Consul. I have the honor to salute you” - Dimensions: 19.7 x 24.1 cm - Condition: Good overall condition, creases inherent to the dispatch, letter mounted on a support, some browning and stains. See photos for more details. - Number of pages: 1 page - Eugène Rose de Beauharnais, born 3 September 1781 in Paris and died 21 February 1824 in Munich, is a member of the French imperial family, adoptive son of Emperor Napoleon I, with … Wikipedia - Jean-Louis Claude Emmery, comte de Grozyeulx, is a French magistrate and politician. He was president of the Constituent Assembly from 25 September to 9 October 1790, then from 4 to 17 January 1791. Wikipedia Careful sending in a rigid, waterproof carton.

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