Hubert LYAUTEY (1854-1934) Marshal. L.S., January 6, 1920, [to Armand Dayot]; 1 1/2 pages in-8 on his letterhead Le Général Lyautey Résident Général au Maroc. He enthusiastically accepts to be on the patronage list of L'Art et les Artistes, a magazine he loves: "I admired the valour with which your Revue succeeded during the war in producing such interesting publications"; he remembers an evening in Rennes with his correspondent: "The face of the world has changed a lot since then!

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