They were consequently all written by their own hands.
As regards the contents of these letters, Mr.Murray had to depend upon his memory, after making a hurried perusal of them.

He was not allowed to copy any of them, but merely took a rough list.

No record was kept of the dates.

Among them was a letter from the King of Bavaria, urging his claims as a true and faithful ally, and claiming for his reward the dominion of Wurtemberg.
There were several letters from the Prussian Royal family, including one from the King, insinuating that by the cession of Hanover to him his territorial frontier would be rendered more secure.

The Emperor Paul, in a letter written on a small scrap of paper, proposed to transfer his whole army to Napoleon, to be employed in turning the English out of India, provided he would prevent them passing the Gut and enclosing the Baltic.
The Empress of Austria wrote an apology for the uncultivated state of mind of her daughter, Marie Louise, about to become Napoleon's bride; but added that her imperfect education presented the advantage of allowing Napoleon to mould her opinions and principles in accordance with his own views and wishes.
This correspondence would probably have met with an immense sale, but Mr.Murray entertained doubts as to the propriety of publishing documents so confidential, and declined to purchase them for the sum proposed.