“…On Sunday the sixth of May 1821 I was sent for…to make a tin coffin for General Napoleon Bonaparte…I was ordered to attend a longwood house for the purpose of Soldering up the body of General Bonaparte in the tin coffin which was performed in the following manner in the presence of Generals Bertrand and Montholon and [others]…the body…in full dress was deposited in a tin coffin lined with white silk and cotton, his cocked hat was laid across his thighs and on his left breast…was a gold star and cross and several other medals…several pieces of coins of various sizes and different values were also put into the coffin, his heart was deposited in a silver urn filled with Spirits to which I soldered a lid …which was placed between the small parts of his legs…also a silver plate, fork, knife and spoon and a silver cup…the tin lid of the coffin being lined with silk…I soldered it on the coffin…[it] was enclosed in a mahogany coffin and these were enclosed in a lead coffin which made in all three coffins…”
_________________ "Tant que les Français constitueront une Nation, ils se souviendront de mon nom."
Napoléon.
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