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231 - [MERMOZ, Jean].
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[MERMOZ, Jean]. 39 letters (autograph or signed) addressed to Jean MERMOZ, January–December 1930; numerous letterheads; several letters in Spanish. Congratulations following the record for duration and distance in a closed-circuit flight by a seaplane (April 11–12), the Saint-Louis–Natal transatlantic crossing (May 12–13), and reactions to the August 30 accident involving the Laté 28-8 prototype, etc. Letters from the Compagnie Générale Aéropostale: Mr. Bouilloux-Lafont; from the Société industrielle d’aviation Latécoère: Jean Dombray (2); from the Société des Avions Bernard (2 regarding the flight Mermoz is preparing); from Rufino Luro Cambacérès (director of Aéroposta Argentina), P. Massenet (president of Avia, the Center for Aeronautical Studies and Action for Unpowered Flight). Letters from friends: René Bernard, L. Challe, P. Daney, M. Devoize, L. Fromont (2, one mentioning Saint-Exupéry), Claude Gouin, R. Giuliani, René Jomelli (2), Lartigue, C. de Sèze… Letters from women and female admirers, as well as French and American male admirers… Various requests: participation in aviation meetings, having his name on cigars, C.W. Armbrust regarding The Armbrust Breath Water Cup, A. Bellot of the *Journal de l’Aviation Française*, H. Degrange of the newspaper *L’Auto*… Etc. Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down within the family
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