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1. Add MS 65179 A-D

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Add MS 65179 A-D
Title:
BOULOGNE: three maps and a letter relating to Napoleon's planned invasion of England, and the assembling of the invasion fleet at Boulogne; 1805
Scope & Content:
French. The letter to Gen. Berthier, Napoleon's Minister of War, who had quarters and a command-post in Boulogne during the period when the invasion of England was being planned (see Alain Lottin (ed.), Histoire de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Lille, 1983, p. 184), suggests that the letter and maps were pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 65179 C

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Add MS 65179 C
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Scope & Content:
C. 'Vue de la Lianne depuis le pont de service jusques à la Briqueterie de Pittaudal avec les dispositions d'amassage des divers batimens de la Flotille Imperiale et Batave'; 1805. Key to map signed 'saint haouen', 'le chef militaire de la marine imperiale', and dated '30 Brumaire 14', [i.e. 21 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 65179 D

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Add MS 65179 D
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Scope & Content:
D. Letter from Wallois, 'Capne au Corps Impal de Genie, membre de la Legion d'Honneur', to Gen. Louis Berthier; dated '17 Brumaire 14' [i.e. 8 Nov. 1805]. Signed. Letter refers to a plan of Montreuil, which Wallois says that he had to have copied at Boulogne. Once kept in the same group as the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1805
Extent:
1 item