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Collection Number: 11006-z

Collection Title: Charles XIV Papers, 1795-1805

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Abstract Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (1763-1844), French General of the Army, sometime ambassador to Vienna, and one of the marshals of France during the Empire, was acting as governor of Hanover from June 1804 to September 1805 and was in command of an army corps from Hanover. In 1810, he was elected crown prince Charles John of Sweden, and was King Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway, 1818-1844. A letter, 25 Germinal anně Republicaine [14 April 1795], from Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, n.p., to General Marceau, about his inability to forward supplies to the General, and "Repartition de Fonds," a summary account of expenses of the army during the month of Fructidor [August-September] 1805, listing various offices, departments, services, etc., and the amount needed for each, signed by Bernadotte in Hanover.
Creator Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Charles XIV Papers #11006-z, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Charles V. Cheney of Charlotte, N.C., in January 1964.
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Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, April 1996

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, December 2020

This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.

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Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (1763-1844), French General of the Army, sometime ambassador to Vienna, and one of the marshals of France during the Empire, was acting as governor of Hanover from June 1804 to September 1805 and was in command of an army corps from Hanover. In 1810, he was elected crown prince Charles John of Sweden, and was King Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway, 1818-1844.

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A letter, 25 Germinal anně Republicaine [14 April 1795], from Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, n.p., to General Marceau, about his inability to forward supplies to the General, and "Repartition de Fonds," a summary account of expenses of the army during the month of Fructidor [August-September] 1805, listing various offices, departments, services, etc., and the amount needed for each, signed by Bernadotte in Hanover.

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Oversize papers (OPF-11006/1)

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