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A rare Autograph Letter Signed ‘Pasquale di Paoli’ during the brief period of his leadership in the short-lived Anglo-Corsican Kingdom, admitting opening a letter addressed to his correspondent, “My dear firend”, about the appointment of chaplain in his battalion, lamenting the death of his correspondent’s sister, referring to the expedition against La Merrana, and commenting that “The going is good for those who gave the crown of this kingdom to the King”. In Italian. 3 pp. 8 x 6 inches, fine. With a typed English translation. Rostino [Corsica], 1 September 1794. Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli (1725-1807), Corsican patriot and leader. With the help of British naval support under Admiral Lord Hood and Horatio Nelson, Paoli’s forces drove the French military out of key Corsican strongholds, including San Fiorenzo, Bastia, and Calvi. On June 17, 1794, a Corsican national assembly (consulta) promulgated the Anglo-Corsican Constitution, placing the island under the crown of King George III while maintaining domestic autonomy. I hear that the expedition gainst La Merrana has perhaps already been ordered from Bastia. I am sure you know all about the manoeuvring which is going on there, The going is good for those who gave the crown of this kingdom to the King. … I am told that in the Borgamano Company there are the culprits of the latest murders in the district of Vico.”