NAPOLEON I (1769-1821), Emperor of the French. Secretarial letter, unsigned but with three autograph additions comprising 18 words in Napoleon's hand, addressed to the 'Représentans' [of the National Convention], 'Quartier Général', 22 October 1793, urging the necessity of having substantial additional supplies of powder if the siege of Toulon is to be undertaken, and deploring the wastage of cartridges in the army, 2½ pages, folio, bifolium (minor spotting and discolouration).
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NAPOLEON I (1769-1821), Emperor of the French. Secretarial letter, unsigned but with three autograph additions comprising 18 words in Napoleon's hand, addressed to the 'Représentans' [of the National Convention], 'Quartier Général', 22 October 1793, urging the necessity of having substantial additional supplies of powder if the siege of Toulon is to be undertaken, and deploring the wastage of cartridges in the army, 2½ pages, folio, bifolium (minor spotting and discolouration).

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NAPOLEON I (1769-1821), Emperor of the French. Secretarial letter, unsigned but with three autograph additions comprising 18 words in Napoleon's hand, addressed to the 'Représentans' [of the National Convention], 'Quartier Général', 22 October 1793, urging the necessity of having substantial additional supplies of powder if the siege of Toulon is to be undertaken, and deploring the wastage of cartridges in the army, 2½ pages, folio, bifolium (minor spotting and discolouration).

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