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TM/3/1/16-Letter from Thomas Manning to Napoleon [1804]


Letter from Thomas Manning (draft) to Napoleon – Votre Majesté – to ask for the correct papers for Manning to travel to Berlin to progress his study of China. This letter is undated but because of the nature of address would suggest it was written after Napoleon’s coronation on 2 December 1804. Handwritten 1 piece, 2 sides