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1880214179Paris 1880. unbound. 2 pages on "Des Deputes" stationery each two-page spread measuring 4.5 x 8 inches Paris July 13 1880. Signed "L. Gambetta" to French General deGalliffet Gaston. Accompanied by the original handwritten post-marked envelope. Horizontal tear repaired; good condition.<br/><br/> French statesman who escaped Paris in a balloon during Bloody Monday. His mysterious death was listed as "a wound in the hand caused by accidental discharge of a pistol."<br/><br/> unknown books
1881248516Nice 1881. Óne page in ink on a single folded sheet of blank stationery. Fine in a red cloth folder. Óne page in ink on a single folded sheet of blank stationery. Gambetta's Love for the American Republic. Upon the death of the great French statesman leader of the opposition to Napoléon III and champion of the French Republic 1838-1882 the New York Time obituary Jan. 2 1883 wrote: "The energy patriotism and statesmanship of Léon Gambetta made the French Republic."<br/><br/><br/><br/>In this note toward the end of his life Gambetta writes in our translation:<br/><br/><br/><br/>"From a very early age I have loved the great American republic. My son and I have contributed a bit to the foundation of the French Republic. It is my most solemn wish that the French Republic become as strong and prosperous as her elder sister the Republic of the United States.". unknown books
