BONAPARTE Joseph (1768-1844) Napoleon's elder brother, King of Naples and then of Spain.
Autograph MANUSCRIT, Mon Brouillon de la lettre sur l'histoire de M. de Norvins. - Reply to M. de Norvins, Philadelphia January 1829; 25 pages in-4
Draft of an article addressed to the editors of the Courrier des États-Unis to refute the errors in Baron de Norvins' Histoire de Napoléon.
Under cover of anonymity, the author presents himself as the privileged interlocutor of the Comte de Survilliers, having consulted unpublished original documents... In particular, he defends Joseph's political and military record in Spain.
Attached is a copy with a new conclusion, and autograph corrections, interleaf and cover; and another copy with qqs corrections and autograph compliments; plus the January 31, 1829 issue of the New York newspaper with qqs autograph notes.
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