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[Boulangism] Georges Boulanger (1837–1891), general and Minister of War A collection of 28 letters to the author (L.A.S.), letters to the editor (P.A.S.) and letters to the press (L.S.) written by General Boulanger, and various documents, 1864–1891, including: The protection of the Duke of Aumale 3 letters from the author, 1879–1880, to Henri d’Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822–1897), 4 pages, in-8 Letter from the author, Paris, on ‘Grand Hôtel du Louvre’ letterhead, 23 January 1882, to Viscount Henri César Ulric Perrot de Chazelle, secretary and aide-de-camp to the Duke of Aumale, 1 page, in-8 Letter from the author, undated [1864/1865], addressed to his fiancée Lucie Renouard The incident at Belley, 1879 Letter from the author, Bourg, 20 May 1879, to a brigadier-general, 4 pp. in-4 P.S., Belley, 22 May 1879, handwritten draft of the long, detailed personal letter addressed to the general commanding the 25th Infantry Brigade, 15 pp. in-4 Other correspondence written by General Boulanger 2 letters from the author, 1877, to Captain François Bougaud (1833–1883), 7 pp., in-8; to attend his wedding Autograph letter sent in 1885 to Arthur de la Londe (1831–1897), historian – 2 autograph letters sent, Paris, 3 October 1885, to Augustin Fréville (1818–1889), solicitor and businessman Official letter 1886 to General Charles-Léon Dumont Autograph letter, July 1886, draft requesting a favour - Official letter regarding the technical description of 3 mares - Official letter on ‘Chambre des députés’ letterhead to Léonce Bloch (1842–1903), diplomat and businessman - Letter and handwritten letter, 25 August 1887, to Georges Laguerre (1858–1912), Member of Parliament - Handwritten letter, Clermont-Ferrand, 8 November 1887 Letter from the author, Paris, 20 April 1888, concerning his summons to appear before the investigating magistrate Letter from London, 1889, accepting the title of Honorary President of the Federation of Boulangist Youth in the 19th arrondissement - Letter from Jersey, 11 April 1890, to Antonin Louis, singer-songwriter and editor of the weekly newspaper *La Diane* Letter from London, 1889, accepting the title of Honorary President of the Federation of Boulangist Youth in the 19th arrondissement – Letter from Jersey, 11 April 1890, to Antonin Louis, singer and editor of the weekly *La Diane* Letter from Jersey, Saint Brelade, 23 July 1890, concerning the suspicions of a revisionist journalist against Arthur Cinqualbre, who was writing in *La Voix du Peuple* on behalf of the *Le Drapeau* group of the 5th arrondissement Letter Letter from Jersey, 1 September 1890, to Captain Driant, written by Mouton-Dufraisse, his secretary Etc The suicide of General Boulanger Letter from Maisons-Laffitte, 8 October 1891, Alfred Dutens (1841–1917), a friend of Marguerite Bonnemain, General Boulanger’s mistress, and a witness to General Boulanger’s final moments, 5 pp. in-8, addressed to the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper *L’Éclair*; on 30 September 1891, General Boulanger took his own life at his mistress’s grave in Ixelles, near Brussels Etc FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR AUCTION CATALOGUE, AVAILABLE ONLINE
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