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Guide to the Achille Murat Papers, 1809-1845M0079

Processed by Mrs. Willis E.Lamb, Jr. ; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2003 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Guide to Achille Murat M0079 1 Papers, 1809-1845M0079 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Prince Achille Murat Papers creator: Murat, Achille Identifier/Call Number: M0079 Physical Description: 3.5 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): 1809-1845 Scope and Content Primarily letters from various members of the Murat and Bonaparte families to Murat. Includes correspondence regarding Murat's attempt to organize a Belgium Foreign Legion in the 1830's; manuscripts of his writings on politics, slavery, economics, and literature; and family legal papers. The letters are in French, English, and Italian. is not represented. Biography Achille Murat, son of Caroline Bonaparte and ( of , 1808-1815), grew up in and Naples as heir presumptive to his father's titles. After the fall of Napoleon he lived in with his mother, brother Lucien, and sisters Letizia and Louise at Frohscorf Castle in Austria. Upon reaching his majority he petitioned for a passport to America. In 1823, he arrived in New York where news of a Spanish liberal revolution reached him. He decided to violate his promise never to return to and sailed for Gibraltar, but he arrived too late. Upon his return to New York, he took out American citizenship papers and married a great-grand-niece of Washington, Catherine Willis Gray. He lived in and for a time in engaged in farming and various highly speculative business ventures. In the 1830s he returned to Europe to become head of the Foreign Legion of the new Kingdom of Belgium, hoping for a "call from " which never came. Back in America he published a book on the which failed to catch the public fancy. Murat was a staunch supporter of slavery though he professed to fight for the liberation of man. He was engaged in continuous litigation with the French Government for the Murat properties seized in 1815. He also tried to compel his uncle (Napoleon's elder brother) to give an accounting of funds the had given him to us "as I would use it." Preferred Citation: [Identification of item] Prince Achille Murat Papers, M0079, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Provenance Gift of Homer Spence, 1947-1951. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Access Restrictions None. Subjects and Indexing Terms Italy . Bonaparte family Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Y Murat family Murat, Achille Murat, Achille

Series 1. Family Correspondence

box 1, folder 1 Laetitia Ramolino Bonaparte (grandmother) box 1, folder 2 Cardinal Fesch (brother of Laetitia and great uncle of Achille) box 1, folder 3 (uncle of Achille) box 1, folder 4 Joseph Bonapart to Marechal Clauzel? box 1, folder 5 Julie (wife of Joseph)

Guide to the Prince Achille Murat M0079 2 Papers, 1809-1845M0079 Series 1. Family Correspondence

box 1, folder 6 Empress Marie Lousie (aunt of Achille) box 1, folder 7 (uncle to Achille) box 1, folder 8 Alexandrine (wife of Lucien) box 1, folder 9 (brother of Napoleon) box 1, folder 10 Hortense (daughter of Napoleon's first wife, Josephine ) box 1, folder 11 Elisa (sister of Napoleon) box 1, folder 12 Felix Baciochi (husband of Elisa) box 1, folder 13 Pauline Borghese (sister of Napoleon) box 1, folder 14 Camille (husband of Pauline) box 1, folder 15 Jerome Bonaparte (brother of Napoleon) box 1, folder 16 Joachim Murat (father of Achille) box 1, folder 17 Caroline (wife of Joachim and mother of Achille) 1809 - 1810 box 1, folder 18 Caroline (wife of Joachim and mother of Achille) 1811 - ca. 1814 box 1, folder 19 Caroline (wife of Joachim and mother of Achille) circa 1815, undated box 1, folder 20 Caroline (wife of Joachim and mother of Achille), nos. 1 - 28, 1816 - 1824 box 1, folder 21 Caroline (wife of Joachim and mother of Achille), nos. 1 - 28, 1825 - 1829 box 2, folder 7 Lucien (younger brother of Achille) box 2, folder 8 Christine Bonaparte (daughter of Lucien) box 2, folder 9 Zenaide & Mathilde (daughters of Joseph) box 2, folder 10 Letitia and Marie (daughters of Lucien) box 2, folder 11 Catherine D. Murat box 2, folder 12 Caroline. box 2, folder 12 Antoniette de Hohenzollern box 2, folder 13 Copies of letters by Achille Murat. box 2, folder 34 Letitia (sister of Achille) box 2, folder 56 Louise M. Rasponi (sister of Achille) box 4, folder 1 Caroline Murat to Achille (oversize) Series 2. General Correspondence

box 2, folder 14 de Bandus (Achilles tutor) box 2, folder 15 Henry Bradfield. box 2, folder 16 Letters B. box 2, folder 17 Letters C. box 2, folder 18 Letters D. including D'Hautemesnil. box 3, folder 1 Philippi Girard. box 3, folder 2 Letter G. box 3, folder 3 Hopkinson. box 3, folder 4 Letters H & K box 3, folder 5 Letters L. box 3, folder 6 Lafayette/Levasseur box 3, folder 7 General Felix MacDonald. box 3, folder 8 Mercey. box 3, folder 9 Mosbourg. box 3, folder 10 Letters M. box 3, folder 11 Letters 0-S. box 3, folder 12 Thibaudeau box 3, folder 13 Letters V-W. box 3, folder 14 Achille Murat to Lebel box 3, folder 15 Unidentified letters [1 of 2] box 3, folder 16 Unidentified letters [2 of 2] Series 3. Papers

box 4, folder 2 Family papers (properties, wills, etc.). box 4, folder 3 Murat papers on politics, economics, etc. box 4, folder 4 On Slavery. box 4, folder 7 Official Documents box 4, folder 56 Business. box 5, folder 1 Murat Papers: Miscellaneous.

Guide to the Prince Achille Murat M0079 3 Papers, 1809-1845M0079 Series 3. Papers

box 5, folder 2 Murat Papers: politics, 1815 - 1822 box 5, folder 3 Murat Papers: Literature and studies. box 5, folder 4 Murat Papers: Works, 1824 box 5, folder 5 Murat Papers: American subjects. box 5, folder 6 Murat Papers: General topic. box 5, folder 7 Murat Letters about America, to Thibeaudeau. box 5, folder 8 Misc. manuscripts and printed items. box 6 Volume of Letters, 1840 - 1845

Guide to the Prince Achille Murat M0079 4 Papers, 1809-1845M0079