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An Immense Sum Of Money That No One Knows What Became Of

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Day
19
Month
September
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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Aeeordíng to a recent wriier, wliat Napuluun Bonaparte did wiih ibe eaormou fortune ln' left somewliere when sent to Si Helena luis sime mnained :i mystery l)i lua h: tolU Marshal Bertbier, and :tl- Bourntuue, bis private secretary, ikat he luid nearly 100,000,000 rnoc, or30,000,(mi ii din nion',-y, in hls personal fortune. '! iiMi be ilid not expeod i certain, foi i . ir was no occasion to do so. Tbeu, -m liiupcror, the uationol ezcbequer receivetl iiud bonored bisdrafts. Ín 1806 Napoleon, ufier Uaving enrioued all lila rarntír 00,000 of his own. 'l'lie money recc-ivvd from tüe United Btatos for Míe l.ouigiaaa purchaae be naed in i'e-equippiug Ihe (muid army iliüi fought nnü 'won ai Ausierlitz and Wagram. Al Ica $'.- UUU.Oüü of ihat money was ncver Hccountoí r..r bv the Emperor Whcre di.l be liide lili cuormoua uiml Uc was by far i!.: iclie8l man in Kurcpe in 181 l' nnd ei ii traceo{ Üie money waa lofi Miind liiin The Franch governmeni iliink ii ''¦ : 'w. The resnlt wiii be watched fv ".J!] i lie greatest iiitcrc-i.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News