Autograph letter signed : [Paris?], to an unidentified correspondent, 1808 Jun. 13.

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Autograph letter signed : [Paris?], to an unidentified correspondent, 1808 Jun. 13.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270526458

Saying that he has been commissioned by the King of Westphalia, Jerome Bonaparte, to paint a portrait of Napoleon, and enclosing a list of items of which he needs full descriptions before he can complete the portrait.

1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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