Napoleon Bonaparte's will (9)
2.
To Count Montholon, two hundred thousand francs, of
which he will deposit one hundred thousand in the
chest, for the same purpose as above-mentioned.
3.
To Count Las Cases, two hundred thousand francs, of
which he will deposit one hundred thousand in the
chest, for the same purpose as above-mentioned.
4.
To Marchand, one hundred thousand francs, of which
he will deposit fifty thousand in the chest, for the
same purpose as above-mentioned.
5.
To Count La Valette, one hundred thousand francs.
6.
To General Hogendorf, of Holland, my aide-de-camp,
who has retired to the Brazils, one hundred thousand
francs.
7. To my aide-de-camp, Corbineau, fifty thousand francs.
8.
To my aide-de-camp, General Caffarelli, fifty thousand
francs.
9. To my aide-de-camp, Dejean, fifty thousand francs.
10.
To Percy, surgeon-in-chief at Waterloo, fifty thousand
francs.
11.
Fifty thousand francs; that is to say:-- Ten thousand
to Piéron, my maître d'hôtel. Ten thousand to St.
Denis, my head chasseur. Ten thousand to Noverraz.
Ten thousand to Cursot, my clerk of the kitchen. Ten
thousand to Archamband, my piqueur.
12.
To Baron De Mennevalle, fifty thousand francs.
13. To the Duke d'Istria, son of Bessières, fifty
thousand francs.
14.
To the daughter of Duroc, fifty thousand francs.
15. To the children of Labedoyère, fifty thousand
francs.
16.
To the children of Mouton Duvernet, fifty thousand
francs.
17.
To the children of the brave and virtuous General
Travot, fifty thousand francs.
18.
To the children of Chartrand, fifty thousand francs.
19.
To General Cambrone, fifty thousand francs.
20. To General Lefevre Desnouettes, fifty thousand
francs.
21.
To be distributed amongst such proscribed persons
as wander in foreign countries, whether they be French,
Italian, Belgians, Dutch, Spanish, or inhabitants
of the departments of the Rhine, under the directions
of my executors, and upon their orders, one hundred
thousand francs. 22. To be distributed amongst those
who suffered amputation or were severely wounded at
Lingy or Waterloo, who may be still living, according
to lists drawn up by my executors, to whom shall be
added Cambrone, Larrey, Percy, and Emmery. The guards
shall be paid double; those of the Island of Elba,
quadruple; two hundred thousand francs.
This
codicil is written entirely with my own hand, signed,
and sealed with my arms.
NAPOLEON.
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