Autographed letter signed to his sister Mathilde, 1859. Autographed letter signed by Napoleon-Jérôme Bonaparte, addressed to his sister, Princess Mathilde, dated Friday, May 27 [1859] (year added in pencil). Written in black ink on a double sheet of vergé paper with embossed monogram. He wishes her a happy birthday, reminisces about their childhood memories, and discusses his current responsibilities. "Our young years that we spent together, everything has changed, I spend my days and nights caring for the landing and the mobilization of my troops...
In a few days I will be in Florence and from there we will hopefully attack those scoundrels of Austrians who are behaving in Italy like real bandits. I love you and embrace you." Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.3 cm. Condition: See photos for more details. Number of pages: 2 pages. Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, known as Napoleon-Jérôme, French prince, also known as Prince Napoleon, Prince of Montfort, Count of Meudon and Moncalieri, born September 9, 1822, in Trieste and died March 17, 1891, in Rome, was a French political and military figure of the Second Empire, first cousin of Emperor Napoleon III. Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, better known as Princess Mathilde, born May 27, 1820, in Trieste and died January 2, 1904, in Paris, was a representative of the Bonaparte family.
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