This manuscript letter, 4 pages, signed by Charles XIV John or Carl XIV Johan King of Sweden, size 22 cm x 34 cm. Sealed. Untranslated.

Charles XIV John, Swedish Karl Johan, or Carl Johan, original name Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, also called (1806–10) Prince De Ponte-Corvo, (1763- 1844), French Revolutionary general and marshal of France (1804), who was elected crown prince of Sweden (1810), becoming regent and then king of Sweden and Norway (1818–44). Active in several Napoleonic campaigns between 1805 and 1809, he subsequently shifted allegiances and formed Swedish alliances with Russia, Great Britain, and Prussia, which defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig (1813).