LOUIS-NAPOLEON III Bonaparte. 1808-1873. Emperor of the Fren - Lot 332

LOUIS-NAPOLEON III Bonaparte. 1808-1873. Emperor of the French. L.A.S. to Colonel Laborde. H ? March 14, 1840. 1 p. bifeuillet in-8, address on verso, postmarks; documen creased, torn with missing corner, reinforced. Letter destined to be destroyed but recovered as is, evoking the coup d'état that Louis-Napoléon was planning from London, when he landed at Boulogne. (...) I am very grateful for the offer you are making me, but I cannot accept it, here you could hardly be of any use to me and your stay would worry the government, which moreover would not allow it. Elsewhere, you can be of service to me and acquire many rights to my gratitude. Don't let yourself be discouraged, you must have confidence in the future (...)". He adds on p.s. You're being unfair to L***. It was I who told him not to reply to you, since I'll take care of it myself."