Napoleon Bonaparte's letters... Piracy & barbarity...
Item # 725685
April 22, 1799
J. RUSSELL'S GAZETTE COMMERCIAL & POLITICAL, Boston, April 22, 1799 Most of pages 1 and 4 are taken up with: "Buonaparte's Letters - Translations" - which includes his letters dated July 6, 1798 and July 12, 1798. Page 3 has: "Unprecedented Barbarity, Piracy and Murder".
Four pages, very nice condition.
Additional Information: This April 1799 issue captures a pivotal moment in Napoleonic history. Bonaparte’s letters from July 1798 — published here in translation — were written during his Egyptian Campaign, his bold but ultimately doomed attempt to strike at British interests by seizing Egypt and threatening the route to India. American readers were keenly interested in Napoleon’s ambitions, as France and the United States were then embroiled in the Quasi-War, an undeclared naval conflict — which connects directly to the second notable item, “Unprecedented Barbarity, Piracy and Murder,” referencing French privateers preying on American merchant shipping during this tense period.
Four pages, very nice condition.
Additional Information: This April 1799 issue captures a pivotal moment in Napoleonic history. Bonaparte’s letters from July 1798 — published here in translation — were written during his Egyptian Campaign, his bold but ultimately doomed attempt to strike at British interests by seizing Egypt and threatening the route to India. American readers were keenly interested in Napoleon’s ambitions, as France and the United States were then embroiled in the Quasi-War, an undeclared naval conflict — which connects directly to the second notable item, “Unprecedented Barbarity, Piracy and Murder,” referencing French privateers preying on American merchant shipping during this tense period.
Item from our most recent catalog - #367 - released for June, 2026
(Added to the June, 2026 catalog (#367) after its initial release - only available on-line.)
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
