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172 - MURAT (JOACHIM). [MURAT IN CORSICA RETURNING TO THE RECONQUE…
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MURAT (JOACHIM). [MURAT IN CORSICA RETURNING TO THE RECONQUEST OF NAPLES]. Piece and letter. CORSICA, September 1815. EXTREMELY RARE SIGNED DOCUMENTS FROM THIS PERIOD OF JOACHIM MURAT'S LIFE. Having left France because of the White Terror which raged there after the final fall of the Empire, Joachim Murat came to take refuge in Corsica, with General Franceschetti, who had been in his service in Naples and who was then living with his brother-in-law in Vescovato. This brother-in-law, a royalist, warned General Verrier, military governor of the island, who tried unsuccessfully to arrest him. Murat, thinking only of returning to Naples, assembled a small troop of men and tried to embark at Ajaccio. One of his former secret agents, Macirone, brought him a passport and money from Joseph Fouché to travel to Austria under the name of Comte de Lipona (an anagram of Napoli), but he preferred to set sail for Naples with his men on the flotilla of a former Maltese privateer, Barbara. - Signed with 8 autograph words (VESCOVATO in Corsica, 2 September 1815), and with autograph apostilles signed by 3 other people. "In the hand of the secretary:] At six days of sight, I beg you to pay to the order of Mr Toussaint Gregori, the sum of two hundred thousand francs, value in account with the aforementioned which you will pass according to the notice to Mr [in the hand of Joachim Murat] Barillon banker [in the hand of the secretary:] in Paris. [In the hand of Joachim Napoléon:] Good for two hundred thousand francs. J. Napoléon. (2/3 p. in-4; all the signatures have been crossed out by Alexandre Barrillon's son but remain legible; 3 cracks in the stylus). Toussaint Gregori, on 3 September 1815 in Bastia, then wrote: "Pay to the order of Monsieur P. F. M. Figarella, value on account...". Then Alexandre Barrillon, on 23 September 1815, probably in Paris, wrote: "Vue...". The financier Alexandre Barrillon, who for a time was one of the regents of the Bank of France, was close to Lucien Bonaparte and Constantin Permon (brother of the Duchess of Abrantès). Finally, P. F. M. Figarella, on 29 September 1815 in Paris, added: "Pour acquit...". - Letter signed "J Napoleon". AJACCIO, 28 September 1815. "I hereby inform you that I have drawn on you... on today's date the sum of forty thousand francs at ten days' sight to the order of Mr F. Macirone, value received from the said gentleman which I ask you to honour and pay in due time...". (2/3 p. narrow folio). ATTACHED : - AFFAIRE DE LA TRAITE DE 200 000 FRANCS DE JOACHIM MURAT SUR ALEXANDRE BARRILLON. 1819-1831. 6 handwritten documents, including an autograph signed in Italian by Domenico-Cesare Franceschetti. They concern the aftermath of this treaty, in particular the lawsuits brought against Caroline Bonaparte and her children by General Franceschetti to claim reimbursement of the sums he says he had to pay for Joachim Murat's stay in Core in 1815. He lost the case definitively in Cassation in 1834. A letter from Alexandre Barrillon's son explains that it was he who crossed out the signatures on the first piece above. Domenico-Cesare Franceschetti (1776-1835) was a Corsican who entered the service of Joachim Murat, who made him a general and aide-de-camp. He remained loyal to Murat to the end, escorted Caroline Bonaparte to Toulon, welcomed Joacim Murat to his brother-in-law's house in Vescovato, and took part in the tragic battle of Pizzo in October 1815. Taken prisoner with Murat, he was spared. - JOURNAL DES DEBATS. 11 October 1815. including a proclamation by Colonel Verrier, military commander of Corsica, dated Bastia on 15 September 1815: "[...] An evil genius seems to have come among us to ignite discord [...]. Mr Murat, finding no safety in France, has taken refuge in Corsica, where the laws of hospitality are sacred: he has sought asylum in the house of Mr Colonna Ceccaldi, mayor of Vescovato [...]". The colonel complained that Corsican soldiers who had served in the Kingdom of Naples were joining Joachim Murat and forming companies. He forbids this gathering and announces legal proceedings (4 pp. folio).
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
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