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Letters from Napoleon to Alexander

I. (Schoebrunn, 10 October 1809) Acknowledgement of Russia’s recent peace agreement with Sweden. Highlighting the peace settlement with Austria; Napoleon emphasizes his view of the leniency of the agreement. Description of Wellesley’s landing in “le plus terrible pays du monde” (Iberian Peninsula). Mention of the United States’ growing discontent towards Britain and the possibility of a rapprochement between France and the U.S.
II. (19 February 1811) High praise for Caulaincourt and his role as ambassador in St-Petersburg. Napoleon justifies recalling his ambassador for ‘health reasons’ – marking a shift in France’s policy towards Russia in the build up to the Campaign of 1812.
III. (Paris, 6 April 1811) Faced with news of approaching (Russian) divisions to the borders of the Duchy of Warsaw, Napoleon declares he will raise fresh levies. Bonaparte nevertheless claims he wants peace, desires to remain amicable, and assures that he will “never to attack”.
IV. (Vilna, 10 July 1812) Request to transfer Alexander’s correspondence to the King of Saxony. Note Letter is misfiled as correspondence between Napoleon and Alexander

Louis-Charles, Joseph and Angélique-Marguerite Lefebvre de Bellefeuille

Papers (8) which include: an account of masses to perform and the certificate of baptism of Louis-Charles; a letter from Louis-Charles to Joseph concerning the administration of their seigneurie; and letter to Angélique-Marguerite from her brothers François-Louis, Henri-Nicolas and Louis-Charles, as well as from Louise-Josephte Chartier de Lotbinière.

Eustache Antoine Lefebvre de Bellefeuille

Letters (11) from Charles-Louis Lefebvre de Bellefeuille, J. Comte, J.R. Rolland, D. Ducharme, C.P. Hervieux, P. Archambault, J.Paquin, F. Turcotte, McGillis and Quiblier concerning the sickness and death of Louise-Angéliqne Lambert Dumont, the widow of Antoine L. de Bellefeuille and from Adelaïde de Salaberry, concerning the death of her father, as well as the burial certificate of Eustache Antoine Lefebvre de Bellefeuille.

Eustache Antoine Lefebvre de Bellefeuille

Papers (12) which include; the creation of a rente viagère; the genealogy of the Lefebvre de Bellefeuille family; and correspondence with J. Schiefflin (plantation at Cayenne), Janvier Leclerc (non-payment of lods et ventes), J.O. Plessis and L.C. Duvert (dispute over seigneurial pew), and Mme. du Serre (widow of Hertel de Cournoyer), her daughter and Thavenet, a priest (concerning claims by these two women on Seigneurie of Cournoyer).

Eustache Antoine Lefebvre de Bellefeuille

Various undated papers (11), including: lists of Lefebvre de Bellefeuille's papers and of the owners of Cournoyer; notes on cens et rentes; a genealogy of Hertel de Cournoyer family; and elegy to J. MacKay; a rough draught of a section of Bouchette (Top. Dict.,1832), describing the Seigneuries of Du Chêne, Blainville, and Continuation des Mille-Isles (written, in French, by E.A.L. de Bellefeuille); and, pro-government resolutions passed at a local meeting, with signatures (ca.1834-5).

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