1-272-852 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to his brother in Paris, 7 Thermidor (25th July 1798). Letter written from Cairo when in command of the French expedition to Egypt, on the condition of Egypt and his intended return, with expressions of disgust with the world and the desire for retirement. The letter was intercepted by an English vessel and is endorsed in the hand of Admiral Nelson, 'Found on the person of the Courier.' The detached signature at the foot of the plate is taken from a letter to Marshal Massena, 17th May, 1807. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899).