. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. the Interior. Up to this time Napoleon had not changed the spelling ofhis name. The heading of his letters read Buonaparte,general en chef de Iarmee de Iinterieur and he signed Buonaparte. The next signature is at the end of a note on the Army ofItaly dated January 19, 1796, Le General Buonaparte. AUTOGRAPHS 455 In the Memorial from St. Helena, Napoleon says that inhis youth he signed Buonaparte like his father, and havingobtained the command of the Army of Italy, he changed thisspelling, which was Italian, but some years later, beingamong the French, he signed
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. the Interior. Up to this time Napoleon had not changed the spelling ofhis name. The heading of his letters read Buonaparte,general en chef de Iarmee de Iinterieur and he signed Buonaparte. The next signature is at the end of a note on the Army ofItaly dated January 19, 1796, Le General Buonaparte. AUTOGRAPHS 455 In the Memorial from St. Helena, Napoleon says that inhis youth he signed Buonaparte like his father, and havingobtained the command of the Army of Italy, he changed thisspelling, which was Italian, but some years later, beingamong the French, he signed Bonaparte. Napoleon was made General-in-Chief of the Army ofItaly, the 23rd of Feb., 1796, and he signed Buonaparte upto the 29th of the same month. He left Paris to join theArmy towards the middle of the following month, and in thefirst letter he addressed to the Directory, dated Nice, the28th of March, from his headquarters, he informed themthat he had taken command of the Army the day before,and he signed himself From this time the change was generally adopted, and theofficial letters bear the signature Bonaparte, General-in-Chief of the Army of Italy. From his headquarters at Carcare, Napoleon addressedto the Directory at Paris his reports on the battle of Monte-notte, which opened the Italian campaign. This letter wasdated April 14, 1796, and signed Bonaparte. fi^i^rfcJ^a^y^S^ In his celebrated proclamation from Milan, the 20th ofMarch, 1796, Napoleon thus addressed his army: Soldiers,you have precipitated yourselves like a torrent from the top 456 LIFE OF NAPOLEON of the Apennines, Milan is yours! and he signed Bona-parte.
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