and C.)
3. I request Count Montholon to take care of these articles, and to
convey them to my son when he shall attain the age of sixteen years.
V.
1. My three saddles and bridles, my spurs which I used at St. Helena.
2. My fowling-pieces, to the number of five.
3. I charge my _chasseur_, Noverraz, with the care of these articles,
and direct him to convey them to my son when he shall attain the age
of sixteen years.
VI.
1. Four hundred volumes, selected from those in my library which I
have been accustomed to use the most.
2. I direct St. Denis to take care of them, and to convey them to my
son when he shall attain the age of sixteen years.
NAPOLEON.
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LIST (A).
1. None of the articles which have been used by me shall be sold; the
residue shall be divided amongst the executors of my will and my
brothers.
2. Marchand shall preserve my hair, and cause a bracelet to be made of
it, with a little gold clasp, to be sent to the Empress Maria Louisa,
to my mother, and to each of my brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces,
the Cardinal; and one of larger size for my son.
3. Marchand will send one pair of my gold shoe-buckles to Prince
Joseph.
4. A small pair of gold knee-buckles to Prince Lucien.
5. A gold collar-clasp to Prince Jerome.
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LIST (A).
_Inventory of my effects, which Marchand will take care of, and|
convey to my son._
1. My silver dressing-case, that which is on my table, furnished with
all its utensils, razors, &c.
2. My alarum-clock: it is the alarum-clock of Frederic II. which I
took at Potsdam (in box No. III.).
3. My two watches, with the chain of the Empress’s hair, and a chain
of my own hair for the other watch: Marchand will get it made at
Paris.
4. My two seals (one the seal of France, contained in box No. III.).
5. The small gold clock which is now in my bed-chamber.
6. My wash-hand-stand and its water-jug.
7. My night-tables, those I used in France, and my silver-gilt bidet.
8. My two iron bedsteads, my mattresses, and my coverlets, if they can
be preserved.
9. My three silver decanters, which held my eau-de-vie, and which my
_chasseurs_ carried in the field.
10. My French telescope.
11. My spurs, two pair.
12. Three mahogany boxes, Nos. I. II. III., containing my snuff-boxes
and other articles.
13. A silver-gilt perfuming pan.
_Here follow lists of Body Linen and Clothes, too minute to claim
insertion in this place._
LIST (B).
_Inventory of the Effects which I left in the possession of Monsieur
the Count de Turenne._
{ (It is, by mistake, inserted in List (A.)
{ that being the sabre which the Emperor
One Sabre of Sobiesky. { wore at Aboukir, and which is in the
{ hands of Count Bertrand.)
One Grand Collar of the Legion of Honour.
One sword of silver-gilt.
One Consular sword.
One sword of steel.
One velvet belt.
One Collar of the Golden Fleece.
One small dressing-case of steel.
One night-lamp of silver.
One handle of an antique sabre.
One hat _à la_ Henry IV. and a toque.[50] The lace of the Emperor.
One small cabinet of medals.
Two Turkey carpets.
Two mantles of crimson velvet, embroidered, with vests, and
small-clothes.
I give to my Son the sabre of Sobiesky.
Do. the collar of the Legion of Honour.
Do. the sword silver gilt.
Do. the Consular Sword.
Do. the steel sword.
Do. the collar of the Golden Fleece.
Do. the hat _à la_ Henry IV. and the _toque_.
Do. the golden dressing-case for the teeth,
which is in the hands of the dentist.
To the Empress Maria Louisa, my lace.
To Madame, the silver night-lamp.
To the Cardinal, the small steel dressing-case.
To Prince Eugene, the wax-candle-stick, silver gilt.
To the Princess Pauline, the small cabinet of medals.
To the Queen of Naples, a small Turkey carpet.
To the Queen Hortense, a small Turkey carpet.
To Prince Jerome, the handle of the antique sabre.
To Prince Joseph, an embroidered mantle, vest, and small-clothes.
To Prince Lucien, an embroidered mantle, vest, and small-clothes.
NAPOLEON.
Footnote 50:
A velvet hat, with a flat crown, and brims turned up.
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This 24th April, 1821, Longwood.
_This is my Codicil or act of my last Will._
Upon the funds remitted in gold to the Empress Maria Louisa, my very
dear and well-beloved spouse, at Orleans, in 1814, she remains in my
debt two millions, of which I dispose by the present Codicil, for
the purpose of recompensing my most faithful servants, whom moreover
I recommend to the protection of my dear Maria Louisa.
1. I recommend to the Empress to cause the income of thirty thousand
francs, which Count Bertrand possessed in the Duchy of Parma, and
upon the Mont Napoleon at Milan, to be restored to him, as well as
the arrears due.
2. I make the same recommendation to her with regard to the Duke of
Istria, Duroc’s daughter, and others of my servants who have
continued faithful to me, and who have never ceased to be dear to
me: she knows them.
3. Out of the above-mentioned two millions I bequeath three hundred
thousand francs to Count Bertrand, of which he will lodge one
hundred thousand in the treasurer’s chest, to be employed in
legacies of conscience, according to my dispositions.
4. I bequeath two hundred thousand francs to Count Montholon, of
which he will lodge one hundred thousand in the treasurer’s chest,
for the same purpose as above-mentioned.
5. Item, two hundred thousand francs to Count Las Cases, of which he
will lodge one hundred thousand in the treasurer’s chest, for the
same purpose as above-mentioned.
6. Item, to Marchand one hundred thousand francs, of which he will
place fifty thousand in the treasurer’s chest, for the same purpose
as above-mentioned.
7. To Jean Jerome Levi, the Mayor of Ajaccio at the commencement of
the Revolution, or to his widow, children, or grand-children, one
hundred thousand francs.
8. To Duroc’s daughter, one hundred thousand francs.
9. To the son of Bessières, Duke of Istria, one hundred thousand
francs.
10. To General Drouot, one hundred thousand francs.
11. To Count Lavalette, one hundred thousand francs.
12. Item, one hundred thousand francs; that is to say:—
Twenty-five thousand to Piéron, my maître d’hôtel.
Twenty-five thousand to Novarre, my _chasseur_.
Twenty-five thousand to St. Denis, the keeper of my books.
Twenty-five thousand to Santini, my former door-keeper.
13. Item, one hundred thousand francs; that is to say:—
Forty thousand to Planat, my orderly officer.
Twenty thousand to Herbert, lately house-keeper of
Rambouillet, and who belonged to my chamber in Egypt.
Twenty thousand to Lavigné, who was lately keeper of one of my
stables, and who was my _piqueur_ in Egypt.
Twenty thousand to Jeanet Dervieux, who was overseer of the
stables, and served me in Egypt.
14. Two hundred thousand francs shall be distributed in alms to the
inhabitants of Brienne-le-Chateau, who have suffered most.
15. The three hundred thousand francs remaining shall be distributed
to the officers and soldiers of the battalion of my guard at the
Island of Elba who may be now alive, or to their widows and
children, in proportion to their appointments, and according to an
estimate which shall be fixed by my testamentary executors: those
who have suffered amputation, or have been severely wounded, shall
receive double; the estimate to be fixed by Larrey and Emmery.
This codicil is written entirely with my own hand, signed, and
sealed with my arms.
NAPOLEON.
This 24th of April, 1821, Longwood.
_This is my Codicil, or note of my last Will._
Out of the settlement of my civil list of Italy, such as money,
jewels, plate, linen, equipages, of which the Viceroy is the
depositary, and which belonged to me, I dispose of two millions,
which I bequeath to my most faithful servants. I hope that, without
availing himself of any reason to the contrary, my son Eugene
Napoleon will pay them faithfully. He cannot forget the forty
millions which I gave him in Italy, and in the distribution of the
inheritance of his mother.
1. Out of these two millions, I bequeath to Count Bertrand three
hundred thousand francs, of which he will deposit one hundred
thousand in the treasurer’s chest, to be disposed of according to my
dispositions in payment of legacies of conscience.
2. To Count Montholon, two hundred thousand francs, of which he will
deposit one hundred thousand in the chest, for the same purpose as
above-mentioned.
3. To Count Las Cases, two hundred thousand francs, of which he will
deposit one hundred thousand in the chest, for the same purpose as
above-mentioned.
4. To Marchand, one hundred thousand francs, of which he will
deposit fifty thousand in the chest, for the same purpose as
above-mentioned.
5. To Count La Valette, one hundred thousand francs.
6. To General Hogendorf, of Holland, my aide-de-camp, who has
retired to the Brazils, one hundred thousand francs.
7. To my aide-de-camp, Corbineau, fifty thousand francs.
8. To my aide-de-camp, General Caffarelli, fifty thousand francs.
9. To my aide-de-camp, Dejean, fifty thousand francs.
10. To Percy, surgeon-in-chief at Waterloo, fifty thousand francs.
11. Fifty thousand francs, that is to say:—
Ten thousand to Pieron, my maitre d’hotel.
Ten thousand to St. Denis, my head _chasseur_.
Ten thousand to Noverraz.
Ten thousand to Cursot, my clerk of the kitchen.
Ten thousand to Archamband, my _piqueur_.
12. To Baron De Mennevalle, fifty thousand francs.
13. To the Duke d’Istria, son of Bessières, fifty thousand francs.
14. To the daughter of Duroc, fifty thousand francs.
15. To the children of Labedoyère, fifty thousand francs.
16. To the children of Mouton Duvernet, fifty thousand francs.
17. To the children of the brave and virtuous General Travot, fifty
thousand francs.
18. To the children of Chartrand, fifty thousand francs.
19. To General Cambrone, fifty thousand francs.
20. To General Lefevre Desnouettes, fifty thousand francs.
21. To be distributed amongst such proscribed persons as wander in
foreign countries, whether they be French, Italian, Belgians, Dutch,
Spanish, or inhabitants of the departments of the Rhine, under the
directions of my executors, and upon their orders, one hundred
thousand francs.
22. To be distributed amongst those who suffered amputation, or were
severely wounded at Lingy or Waterloo, who may be still living,
according to lists drawn up by my executors, to whom shall be added
Cambrone, Larrey, Percy, and Emmery. The guards shall be paid
double; those of the Island of Elba, quadruple; two hundred thousand
francs.
This codicil is written entirely with my own hand, signed, and
sealed with my arms.
NAPOLEON.
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This 24th of April, 1821, at Longwood.
_This is a third Codicil to my Will of the 15th of April._
1. Amongst the diamonds of the Crown which were delivered up in
1814, there were some to the value of five or six hundred thousand
francs, not belonging to it, but which formed part of my private
property; repossession shall be obtained of them in order to
discharge my legacies.
2. I had in the hands of the banker Torlonia, at Rome, bills of
exchange to the amount of two or three hundred thousand francs, the
product of my revenues of the Island of Elba since 1815. The Sieur
De la Perruse, although no longer my treasurer, and not invested
with any character, possessed himself of this sum. He shall be
compelled to refund it.
3. I bequeath the Duke of Istria three hundred thousand francs, of
which only one hundred thousand francs shall be reversible to his
widow, should the Duke be dead before payment of the legacy. It is
my wish, should there be no inconvenience in it, that the Duke may
marry Duroc’s daughter.
4. I bequeath to the Duchess of Frioul, the daughter of Duroc, two
hundred thousand francs: should she be dead before the payment of
this legacy, none of it shall be given to the mother.
5. I bequeath to General Rigaud, (to him who was proscribed) one
hundred thousand francs.
6. I bequeath to Boisnod, the intendant commissary, one hundred
thousand francs.
7. I bequeath to the children of General Letort, who was killed in
the campaign of 1815, one hundred thousand francs.
8. These eight hundred thousand francs of legacies shall be
considered as inserted at the end of Article thirty-six of my
testament, which will make the legacies I have disposed of by will
amount to the sum of six million four hundred thousand francs,
without including the donations I have made by my second codicil.
This is written with my own hand, signed, and sealed with my arms.
(L. S.)
NAPOLEON.
[On the outside is written:]
This is my third codicil to my will, entirely written with my own
hand, signed, and sealed with my arms.
To be opened the same day, and immediately after the opening of my
will.
NAPOLEON.
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This 24th of April, 1821. Longwood.
_This is a fourth Codicil to my Testament._
By the dispositions we have heretofore made, we have not fulfilled
all our obligations, which has decided us to make this fourth
codicil.
1. We bequeath to the son or grandson of Baron Duthiel,
lieutenant-general of artillery, and formerly lord of St. André, who
commanded the school of Auxonne before the Revolution, the sum of
one hundred thousand francs, as a memento of gratitude for the care
which that brave general took of us when we were lieutenant and
captain under his orders.
2. Item. To the son or grandson of General Dugomier, who commanded
in chief the array of Toulon, the sum of one hundred thousand
francs. We, under his orders, directed that siege, and commanded the
artillery: it is a testimonial of remembrance for the marks of
esteem, affection, and friendship, which that brave and intrepid
general gave us.
3. Item. We bequeath one hundred thousand francs to the son or
grandson of the deputy of the Convention, Gasparin, representative
of the people at the army of Toulon, for having protected and
sanctioned with his authority the plan we had given, which procured
the capture of that city, and which was contrary to that sent by the
Committee of Public Safety. Gasparin, by his protection, sheltered
us from the persecution and ignorance of the general officers who
commanded the army before the arrival of my friend Dugomier.
4. Item. We bequeath one hundred thousand francs to the widow, son,
or grandson, of our aide-de-camp Muiron, killed at our side at
Arcola, covering us with his body.
5. Item. Ten thousand francs to the subaltern officer Cantillon, who
has undergone a trial upon the charge of having endeavoured to
assassinate Lord Wellington, of which he was pronounced innocent.
Cantillon had as much right to assassinate that _oligarchist_ as the
latter had to send me to perish upon the rock of St. Helena.
Wellington, who proposed this outrage, attempted to justify it by
pleading the interest of Great Britain. Cantillon, if he had really
assassinated that lord, would have pleaded the same excuse, and been
justified by the same motive—the interest of France—to get rid of
this General, who, moreover, by violating the capitulation of Paris,
had rendered himself responsible for the blood of the martyrs Ney,
Labedoyere, &c.: and for the crime of having pillaged the museums,
contrary to the text of the treaties.
6. These four hundred thousand francs shall be added to the six
million four hundred thousand of which we have disposed, and will
make our legacies amount to six million eight hundred and ten
thousand francs; these four hundred and ten thousand are to be
considered as forming part of our testament, Article 36, and to
follow in every respect the same course as the other legacies.
7. The nine thousand pounds sterling which we gave to Count and
Countess Montholon, should, if they have been paid, be deducted and
carried to the account of the legacies which we have given him by
our testament. If they have not been paid, our notes of hand shall
be annulled.
8. In consideration of the legacy given by our will to Count
Montholon, the pension of twenty thousand francs granted to his wife
is annulled. Count Montholon is charged with the payment of it to
her.
9. The administration of such an inheritance, until its final
liquidation, requiring expenses of offices, journeys, missions,
consultations, and lawsuits, we expect that our testamentary
executors shall retain 3 per cent. upon all the legacies, as well
upon the six million eight hundred thousand francs, as upon the sums
contained in the codicils, and upon the two hundred millions of
francs of the private domain.
10. The amount of the sums thus retained shall be deposited in the
hands of a treasurer, and disbursed by drafts from our testamentary
executors.
11. Should the sums arising from the aforesaid deductions not be
sufficient to defray the expenses, provisions shall be made to that
effect at the expense of the three testamentary executors and the
treasurer, each in proportion to the legacy which we have bequeathed
to them in our will and codicils.
12. Should the sums arising from the before-mentioned subtractions
be more than necessary, the surplus shall be divided amongst our
three testamentary executors and the treasurer, in the proportion of
their respective legacies.
13. We nominate Count Las Cases, and in default of him his son, and
in default of the latter, General Drouot, to be treasurer.
This present codicil is entirely written with our hand, signed, and
sealed with our arms.
NAPOLEON.
THE END.
INDEX.
Abdication, of Napoleon, i. #11#; iv. 114
—Las Cases’ reflections on that proceeding, i. #55#
Africa, Napoleon’s remarks on the expedition to, ii. #151#
Aix-la-Chapelle, the Congress at, Las Cases’ preparations for
petitioning, iv. 342
—Letter of Madame Mere to, 343
—Las Cases’ note to, 344
—Representations to, 375
Alexander, the Emperor, Las Cases’ letter to, at Laybach, iv. 384
—--, the Emperor, his aversion to Eugene Beauharnois, i. #207#
—-- the Great, Napoleon’s remarks on, iv. 140
Algerines, their predilection for Napoleon, i. #363#
Allies, Convention of the, respecting Napoleon, ii. #80#
Ambassadors, Persian and Turkish at Paris, ii. #110#
—their conduct in the fashionable world, #112#
America, Napoleon invited to, ii. #207#
Amiens, rupture of the treaty of, iv. 39
Amours of, Napoleon, i. #211#
Amsterdam, Napoleon’s speech at, iii. #239#
Ancients, the, Napoleon’s opinion of the armies of, i. #189#
Anecdotes of a courtier, ii. #316#
—-- amusing, iii. #59#
—-- of Napoleon, iii. #238#, #284#, iv. 67
Antwerp, Napoleon’s designs with regard to, iv. 47
Antommarchi, Dr., extracts from his work, iv. 393
Army, the French, conspiracy in, Egypt, i. #133#
—Privations of, #136#
—loss sustained by in Egypt, #143#
—contradictory reports respecting, #146#
Artillery, remarks of Napoleon on, ii. 354
Arras, the Bishop of, his stupidity, i. #173#
Aubry, General, i. #101#
Augereau, Napoleon’s opinion of, i. #189#
Austria, the Royal Family of, i. #205#
—-- the Emperor of, letter of Las Cases to, iv. 347
Balcombe, Mr., Las Cases’ removal to his cottage, iv. 205
Balls, masked, fondness of Napoleon for, iii. #91#
Barras, M., some account of, ii. #256#
Barry, Mr., medical skill of, iv. 254
—his intimacy with Las Cases, 263
Bathurst, Lord, letter of Lord Castlereagh to, on the Treaty of
Fontainebleau, iv. 133
—Napoleon’s opinion of him, 154
—Las Cases’ letter to, 315
Battle, chance of danger in, ii. #39#
Bauer, M., his opinion of Napoleon, i. #79#
Beauharnois, Eugene, conduct of the Emperor Alexander towards i.
#206#
—receiving his father’s sword, ii. #186#
Beauharnois, Mad. de, her acquaintance with Napoleon, i. #103#
—-- Stephanie, particulars respecting, ii. #196#
—conduct of the Emperor Alexander to, #197#
Becker, General, letter from the minister at war to, i. #17#
Bellerophon, Embarkation of the Emperor on, board the, i. #26#
—arrives at Torbay, #32#
—Departure of the Emperor from the, #51#
—Berthier, General, his conduct in Egypt, i. #134#
—attachment of Napoleon to, #215#
—Madame V—-- and, iii. #16#
Bernadotte, elevated to the throne of Sweden, iii. #107#
—letter of Napoleon to, #110#
—the Emperor’s reflections on, iv. 109
Bertrand, Madame, her affliction on hearing of her husband’s
departure for St. Helena, i. #40#
Bertrand, Count, his letter to Las Cases, iv. 354
—his protest of the 22nd of July, 1818, 361
—letter of to Cardinal Fesch, 363
—correspondence of Las Cases with, 364, 367, 369, 371, 373
Bessieres, General, some account of, i. #340#
—his death, #341#
Bizanet, General, his gallant conduct at Bergen-op-zoom, ii.
#242#
Blacas, M., libels on Napoleon found in his apartment, i.
#169#