NAPOLÉON III (1808-1873), Empereur des França... Lot n° 69

Diplomatic L.S. "Louis-Napoléon" following his success in the December 1851 referendum. It is addressed to Ferdinand II (1810-1859), King of the Two Sicilies, and dated January 2, 1852, at the Tuileries Palace. "The consulted Nation has responded spontaneously: the almost unanimous support of the votes cast has just ratified my appeal to the people of December 2nd, and conferred on me the decennial Presidency with the mandate to make a new constitution. This is the event I am hastening to notify you of. (...) The Government will be especially honored to maintain peace abroad and to strengthen the relations which already exist with Your Majesty's Government". 2 pages, in-4° format. With envelope.