Joseph Bonaparte letters 1808-1840

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Joseph Bonaparte letters 1808-1840

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Eldest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Naples, 1806, and King of Spain, 1808, known as Comte de Survilliers in the United States after 1815. Three letters from Joseph Bonaparte, Comte de Survilliers (1808, 1831, and 1840).

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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