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The fourth codicil (paginated 33-36 in 1853), written by the emperor on April 21,
22 or 23, signed and dated the 24th. ... 8. Instructions to the executors (paginated
1-2), dictated to Marchand between the 22nd and the 25th, signed by Napoleon ...
The fourth codicil (paginated 33-36 in 1853), written by the emperor on April 21,
22 or 23, signed and dated the 24th. ... 8. Instructions to the executors (paginated
1-2), dictated to Marchand between the 22nd and the 25th, signed by Napoleon ...
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Two days later, much weakened, Napoleon decided to make further provisions to
express his gratitude to Dr. Antommarchi ; he predated it April 27 to include it in
his will : this is the eighth codicil. But he stopped, exhausted, at the fourth ...
Two days later, much weakened, Napoleon decided to make further provisions to
express his gratitude to Dr. Antommarchi ; he predated it April 27 to include it in
his will : this is the eighth codicil. But he stopped, exhausted, at the fourth ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Napoléon's Last Will and Testament |
| Author | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) |
| Translated by | Alex De Jonge |
| Compiled by | Jean Pierre Babelon, Suzanne d'. Huart |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Paddington Press, 1977 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 4 Nov 2008 |
| ISBN | 044822190X, 9780448221908 |
| Length | 106 pages |
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