DESSOLLES (Jean Joseph Paul Auguste). 2 letters TO JOSEPH BONAPARTE. 2 pp. in-folio with illustrated heading and a p. in-4. Salzburg, 16 Nivôse year IX [January 6, 1801]: "I am infinitely sensitive to the honest manner in which you are willing to thank me for my accuracy in sharing with you the successes of the Army of the Rhine. Your position makes it my duty to instruct you in it, & I personally find it a happy & brilliant occasion to remember you. Now that our role ceases, yours will begin. YOUR ALREADY KNOWN TALENTS & THE SPIRIT OF CONCILIATION WHICH CHARACTERIZES YOU, MAKE ME HOPE THAT SOON YOU WILL ADD A NEW BRIGHTNESS TO THE VICTORIES OF THE ARMIES OF THE REPUBLIC, BY DECORATING THEIR TROPHY WITH THE OLIVE BRANCH. I beg you to believe that if there is anything that can add to the pleasure of seeing my homeland enjoy peace and happiness, it is to think that you will have contributed mightily to this... "General Dessolles had served with General Moreau as Chief of Staff at the victory of Hohenlinden on December 3, 1800, and Joseph Bonaparte was then leading the peace negotiations with the Austrians, which would lead to the Treaty of Amiens. -- Paris, "29 germinal". He regrets not having been able to attend an invitation to Mortefontaine and asks for a new one.
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