Napoleon I correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"4558", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4558", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1803-1811", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1803/1811"}

date_inclusive_start

1803

date_inclusive_end

1811

keydate

1803

unittitle

{"value"=>"Napoleon I correspondence"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Letters to, from, and relating to Napoleon I, Emperor of France. Letters from Napoleon are addressed to Comte de Sussy (Minister of Commerce), an unnamed Minstre de la Guerre (ostensibly Louis-Alexandre Berthier), and an illegible recipient. One letter from Josephine, Empress Consort, is addressed to an unspecified \"Citoyen Ministre.\" Also present are letters between Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; Madame de Bonneuil; and a Walter Spencer of London, relative to a plan by Castlereagh to abduct Napoleon, and to Madame de Bonneuil's financial plight, escape from arrest, and the reimbursement of funds to her by the British government."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Napoleon I correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Napoleon, 1769-1821 -- I -- Emperor of the French", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Most of the material in this collection was originally received as part of the Ford collection.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Letters to, from, and relating to Napoleon I, Emperor of France. Letters from Napoleon are addressed to Comte de Sussy (Minister of Commerce), an unnamed Minstre de la Guerre (ostensibly Louis-Alexandre Berthier), and an illegible recipient. One letter from Josephine, Empress Consort, is addressed to an unspecified \"Citoyen Ministre.\" Also present are letters between Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh; Madame de Bonneuil; and a Walter Spencer of London, relative to a plan by Castlereagh to abduct Napoleon, and to Madame de Bonneuil's financial plight, escape from arrest, and the reimbursement of funds to her by the British government.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Gifts of John Pierpont Morgan and James Lenox, with an additional 1957 purchase.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2013</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1803

date_end

1811

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