Draft of a letter. "J’ai l’honneur di dire a Votre Excellence que comme Consul des Etats Unis d’Amerique à Rome, je signai la protestation présentée au Général Oudinot pour empêcher la continuation du bombardement de la Ville de Rome." Brown also protests Corcelle published claim that French never bombed Rome.
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Brown, Nicholas to Monsieur l' Ambassadeur de Corcelles, Rush Hawkins collection, Ms.2006.05, Brown University Library
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This collection contains images of documents in the Rush Hawkins collection (Ms.2006.05) relating to the First Italian War of Independence. Annmary Brown Hawkins (1837-1903) was married to Rush Hawkins and she was the daughter of Nicholas Brown III (1792-1859). Nicholas …