Napoleon returns as Emperor...
MIDDLESEX GAZETTE, Middletown, Connecticut, May 4, 1815 Most of the front page is taken up with Napoleon Buonaparte, headed: "VERY LATE--VERY IMPORTANT and Very Extraordinary NEWS From Europe" "Return Of Napoleon Bonaparte To Paris As Emperor Of France".
Relating to this, page 2 has: "PROCLAMATIONS....To the French People" being a lengthy letter written to: "Frenchmen" signed in type: Napoleon. This is followed by another letter written: "To The Army" beginning: "Soldiers! We have not been vanquished. 2 men, deserting our ranks, have betrayed our laurels, their country, their prince, their benefactors..." with much more, also signed: Napoleon.
There are then five more letters signed by Napoleon.
Four pages, small ink stain to page 3, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #371 - released for October, 2026
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