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WAR OF 1870. 3 L.A.S. from political figures. Adolphe CRÉMIEUX (1796-1880). L.A.S., Paris June 15 (2p. ¼ in-8 mourning). In favor of a prisoner: "Mercy and clemency are so sweet to invoke!"... Ferdinand HÉROLD (1828-1882). L.A.S., Paris September 11, 1871, to a newspaper editor friend (2p. in-8 mourning), sending an article on the reorganization of the magistracy: "You guessed right: two hours after my arrival at Place Beauvau, I was dealing with the indemnity of the national guard. I tried, groped, had little success, and yet I was told that, during my 20 days of administration (thanks to many circumstances, including my two successive regulations), the daily allowance had dropped from 600,000fr to 400,00fr [...] In my life, I have never felt more keenly, than during those 20 days, the desire and disgust of authority"... Henri ROCHEFORT (1830-1913). L.A.S., June 23, 1880, to journalist Edmond Magnier (2p. in-8, split), thanking him for "the charming article" he devoted to him. "It is just when I am perhaps (I say perhaps) going to return to France that you make me feel the sweetness of exile, for the sympathies I am gathering are out of all proportion to the sufferings I have been able to endure"...
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WAR OF 1870. 3 L.A.S. from political figures. Adolphe CRÉMIEUX (1796-1880). L.A.S., Paris June 15 (2p. ¼ in-8 mourning). In favor of a prisoner: "Mercy and clemency are so sweet to invoke!"... Ferdinand HÉROLD (1828-1882). L.A.S., Paris September 11, 1871, to a newspaper editor friend (2p. in-8 mourning), sending an article on the reorganization of the magistracy: "You guessed right: two hours after my arrival at Place Beauvau, I was dealing with the indemnity of the national guard. I tried, groped, had little success, and yet I was told that, during my 20 days of administration (thanks to many circumstances, including my two successive regulations), the daily allowance had dropped from 600,000fr to 400,00fr [...] In my life, I have never felt more keenly, than during those 20 days, the desire and disgust of authority"... Henri ROCHEFORT (1830-1913). L.A.S., June 23, 1880, to journalist Edmond Magnier (2p. in-8, split), thanking him for "the charming article" he devoted to him. "It is just when I am perhaps (I say perhaps) going to return to France that you make me feel the sweetness of exile, for the sympathies I am gathering are out of all proportion to the sufferings I have been able to endure"...
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