1831 Francis Lieber Autograph Letter ALS Joseph Bonaparte Napoleon Brother King For Sale

ITEM SPECIFICATIONS

•Pattern: Not Applicable

•Brand: Francis Lieber (German-American Jurist & Legal Philosopher)

•Type: Autograph Letter Signed (ALS) & Address Leaf

•Style: Federal / Jacksonian Era

•Country of Origin: United States

•Age: 1831 (Federal Era)

•Date of Letter: June 7, 1831 (Written from Boston, Massachusetts)

•Author / Signer: Francis Lieber (1798–1872, Author of the Civil War \"Lieber Code\")

•Recipient: Joseph Bonaparte (Comte de Survilliers, King of Naples and Spain)

•Recipient Location: Point Breeze Estate, Bordentown, New Jersey

•Length / Format: 3-Page Handwritten Letter on 4-Page Folding Integral Address Leaf

•Seal: Original Vibrant Red Wax Portrait/Crest Impression Intact

•Postal Markings: Stamped Red Boston Postal Marking and Manuscript Rate Notation

•Historical Subject: Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis de Bourrienne Memoirs, American Publishing

•Original / Reproduction: Original Period Manuscript

NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION & HISTORY

• This extraordinary 1831 manuscript letter represents an exceptional intersection of American legal scholarship, 19th-century publishing history, and Napoleonic royal exile in the United States.

  Written and signed in Boston on June 7, 1831, by the renowned German-American political philosopher and jurist Francis Lieber (1798–1872)—who would later author the historic \"Lieber Code\" of 1863 commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln—this letter is addressed directly to Napoleon Bonaparte’s older brother, Joseph Bonaparte (1768–1844). Joseph, the former King of Naples and King of Spain, was residing at his estate in Bordentown, New Jersey, under the titleComte de Survilliers.

  In this three-page letter, Lieber pitches an intellectual publishing project: producing an American corrected edition of the memoirs of Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (Napoleon\'s private secretary), whose critical account of Napoleon had become an international sensation. Lieber proposes pairing Bourrienne’s text with contemporary rebuttals (Les Erreurs de Bourrienne), noting:

  \"Strange that the perusal of Mr. de Bourrienne\'s work produced with me a very different effect from what it most probably was intended for — it increased greatly my esteem and veneration for Napoleon. I should be delighted could I be of any use in such edition of the mentioned work. I am sorry Mr. Carey did not think of it.\"

  The reference to \"Mr. Carey\" denotes prominent Philadelphia publisher Henry Charles Carey (ofCarey & Lea), a close associate of both Lieber and the Bonaparte family.

  Complete with its original integral address leaf addressed to\"Monseigneur le Comte de Survilliers / Bordentown / N. Jersey,\"its clear red postal stamp, intact red wax seal, and accompanying June 2000 Certificate of Authenticity, this piece is an exceptional artifact documenting the living legacy of the Napoleonic dynasty in early America.

  SHIPPING, INSURANCE & SECURITY
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  • Includes an anti-tarnish protection strip to safeguard the silver.

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