BONAPARTE (Elisa). Letter signed "Elisa" with 4 autograph lines addressed as Princess of Lucca [to the Viceroy of Italy, Prince Eugene de Beauharnais]. "Au palais de Lucques", October 10, 1805. 1 p. 1/2 in-folio. "I have received the letter by which Your Serene Highness announced to me that His Imperial Majesty has allowed me to be informed of the important events which would take place in Italy, and I thank you for this, and I will not neglect on my part any opportunity to inform you of the events in the principality which could be connected with general security. SAFE ADVICE WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED THAT A PRIEST OF AREZZO, ISSUED BY THE QUEEN OF NAPLES [MARY-CAROLINA OF AUSTRIA], WAS TRAVELLING IN ETRURIA TO SEEK TO RELEASE THE HABITANS AGAINST THE FRENCH, and was to stop in the Principality of Lucca. Orders have been given here to ascertain his person as soon as he appears. "Napoleon I's sister added with her hand: "I renew to Your Serene Highness the assurance of my consideration and my inviolable attachment.... »
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