A letter Hortense wrote about her sadness regarding the passing of Napoleon’s mother, Letizia.

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Mon cher oncle, Louis est dans ce moment à quelques lieues d’ici. Je l’attends demain, il sera aussi affligé que moi. Napoléon [son fils, le futur Napoléon III] travaille avec moi et regrette beaucoup sa grand maman.
Hortense.

English translation:

My dear uncle, Louis is a few leagues from here. I expect him tomorrow, he will be as distressed as I am. Napoleon [his son, the future Napoleon III] works with me and deeply mourns his grandmother. Hortense.