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BATHURST WARRANT- ISLAND OF ST HELENA
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BATHURST WARRANT- ISLAND OF ST HELENA
Printed: St Helena by A. Hill 1816. and signed Bathurst. Printed warrant appointing Sir Hudson Lowe as jailor to Napoleon. ' ...We do hereby nominate and appoint you ... to have custody of Napoleon Buonaparte ... to detain and keep the said Napoleon Buonaparte in the said island of St Helena as a Prisoner of War during our pleasure, and to deal with and treat as a Prisoner of War under such restrictions and in such manner as have been or shall be from time to time signified to you... [signed] Bathurst.' Published by Order of His Excellency the Governor. T.H. Brooke, Secretary. St Helena: Printed by A. Hill [1816]. Single leaf 420 x 340mm laid onto board, some browning and foxing.
An interesting document regarding Napoleon final years. Hudson Lowe, newly appointed as Governor, had embarked for St Helena in mid-January 1816 and reached the island just two days after this warrant was issued. After their first meeting the former Emperor pronounced his new jailer "hideous", although he also commented hopefully that "The man's disposition may perhaps make amends for the unfavorable impression which his face produces." The relationship did not improve: the two men had a total of six increasingly acrimonious meetings during their first months together on the island, after which the two men, living just a few miles apart on one of the most remote islands on the planet, steadfastly refused to meet. Lowe was the subject to a stream of complaints, mostly from Napoleon's supporters, but he remained in place until after Napoleon's death in 1821.
2. Facsimile newspaper published by the Otago Daily Times in 1915 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
Printed: St Helena by A. Hill 1816. and signed Bathurst. Printed warrant appointing Sir Hudson Lowe as jailor to Napoleon. ' ...We do hereby nominate and appoint you ... to have custody of Napoleon Buonaparte ... to detain and keep the said Napoleon Buonaparte in the said island of St Helena as a Prisoner of War during our pleasure, and to deal with and treat as a Prisoner of War under such restrictions and in such manner as have been or shall be from time to time signified to you... [signed] Bathurst.' Published by Order of His Excellency the Governor. T.H. Brooke, Secretary. St Helena: Printed by A. Hill [1816]. Single leaf 420 x 340mm laid onto board, some browning and foxing.
An interesting document regarding Napoleon final years. Hudson Lowe, newly appointed as Governor, had embarked for St Helena in mid-January 1816 and reached the island just two days after this warrant was issued. After their first meeting the former Emperor pronounced his new jailer "hideous", although he also commented hopefully that "The man's disposition may perhaps make amends for the unfavorable impression which his face produces." The relationship did not improve: the two men had a total of six increasingly acrimonious meetings during their first months together on the island, after which the two men, living just a few miles apart on one of the most remote islands on the planet, steadfastly refused to meet. Lowe was the subject to a stream of complaints, mostly from Napoleon's supporters, but he remained in place until after Napoleon's death in 1821.
2. Facsimile newspaper published by the Otago Daily Times in 1915 to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
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