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481 - Jean JAURÈS (1859–1914). Autograph letter, 10 April [1903], …
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Estimate €400 - €500
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Jean JAURÈS (1859–1914). Autograph letter, 10 April [1903], to Lejeune, editorial secretary of *La Petite République*; 1 page, in-12 format, address on the back (pneumatic postcard). The Dreyfus Affair. ‘I believe it would be appropriate to publish in La Petite [République] Reinach’s letter concerning the Panizzardi dispatch (Radical) [Alessandro Panizzardi (1853–1928), an Italian military officer whose intercepted telegram exonerated Dreyfus]: what Picquart says about Cuignet (Aurore) [Commander Cuignet had discovered the ‘false Henry’ document which exonerated Dreyfus] and the interesting account by Brisson [Prime Minister] of Henry’s suicide (Siècle) [Colonel Hubert Henry had produced the forged documents accusing Dreyfus]. Also include Dumas’s corrective letter and the judges’ interviews in *Le Temps*, announcing that I shall comment on them tomorrow”…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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