Note 12 — REAR-ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND, K.C.B. (continued 4)
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Footnote 12: Since this narrative was written in the year 1815, it has been proved by Buonaparte's will, that either his attendants were misinformed, or that they, as well as himself, misrepresented the state of his finances, as he left in the hands of Lafitte, the banker, in Paris, a sum of money amounting to nearly four hundred thousand pounds sterling, besides a very considerable sum said to be vested in the American funds.[Back to Main Text]