Oh to be able to afford all of these! Found them on Le Manuscrit Francais.
It seems that Eugenie and Jane were close, and that Jane a had a great affection for young Louis Napoleon as well.
The last two letters are to Jane’s daughter Jeanne Marie, and appears to mention a romance of some kind. It could the precursor to the duel and scandal of 1877.
I’ll tell you more about that in the next post!
EUGÉNIE, de Montijo, Impératrice (1826-1920)
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » on mourning paper to Jane Thorne.
St Cloud, le 26 septembre 1860, 2 p. 1/8 in-8, enveloppe autographe jointe
“I am so under the painful impression of loss that I have just made that it seems to me that I am coming out of a painful sleep”EUR 850,-
EUGÉNIE, de Montijo, Impératrice (1826-1920)
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » on mourning paper to Jane Thorne.
Chislehurst, [9 February 1873], 4 p. in-8, envelope included
“I can no longer look back, I dare not look forward, my horizon is lost in this painful present”EUR 3.500,-
EUGENIE, de Montijo, Impératrice (1826-1920)
Telegram under her usual pseudonym “Countess of Pierrefonds” to Jeanne de Pierres
September 7, 1876, envelope attached
“My son and I are sadly affected and take a deep part in your pain”
PRINCE IMPÉRIAL, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1856-1879)
Autograph letter signed « N » to Jeanne de Pierres.
Florence, 23 February 1876[77], 1 p. in-8 on double sheet, autograph envelope attached
“I beg you to remember that he is a man who has sincerely loved you and who would be proud to pay with his blood the price of your honor”EUR 1.200,-
The Colonel and Mrs Thorn 
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