Eugène de BEAUHARNAIS (1781-1824) son of Empress Josephine, Viceroy of Italy. 4 L.S. including 2 telegraphic dispatches, 1810-1813; on 4pages in-4. Milan August 16, 1810. Telegraphic dispatch addressed to Napoleon: The Viceroy informs His Majesty that the Telegraphs of Venice have reported 2 English frigates off Chiogga, and another 3-masted vessel, probably a merchant, as well as "2 privateers opposite the mouths of the Piave"... - Monza November 8, 1810, to the engineer Gaspard de Prony. "His Majesty authorizes me [...] to instruct you to visit, on your return from Rome, the works being carried out in Ancona and Venice, the plans for which are already known to you. S.M. wishes that when you return to Paris, you will be able to report to him on the current state and progress of his work" He should also see the mouths of the Po: "The daily rise in the bed of this river, [...] the floods and devastation which are the result, make some precautionary measures very urgent"... - Venice February 18 1812, autograph bill asking Dupont "who, after Ruggieri, is the surgeon most capable of filling the clinical chair"... - Milan August 14, 1813. Dispatch to the General Commissioner of the Navy in Venice, asking "why, when we see an enemy chebeck or privateer near Venice, we don't immediately send 2 small brigs to reconnoiter it and drive it away"; that he be informed of the departure of the division of gunboats sent to the mouths of the Isonzo...