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1-page letter, 11 lines, plus an additional 6 lines of notes, signed in French by Marshal Bernadotte, one of Napoleon Bonaparte's original eighteen "Marshals of France." 13¼x8¼".

The French-born Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, who also served as King Charles XIV of Sweden, Charles III of Norway, or domestically Carl XIV Johan and Carl III Johan respectively, who was given the name, Jean Baptiste, but the Jules, from Julius Caesar, was added later, in the spirit of the French Revolution. His family name was originally Deu Pouey, but was changed into Bernadotte at the beginning of the 17th century. After many military successes, before, during and after the French Revolution, he became the acting governor of the recently-occupied Hanover. During the campaign of 1805, Bernadotte with an army corps from Hanover co-operated in the great movement which resulted in the shutting up of Mack in Ulm. As a reward for his services at Austerlitz (December 2, 1805) he became Prince of Ponte Corvo.