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MERMOZ Jean
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102
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MERMOZ Jean
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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MERMOZ Jean
2 letters ‘Jean’, July–August 1926, to his ‘Beloved Mum’; 2 pages in-4 each.
Casablanca, 15 July… ‘I may not be leaving for America until November, as the opening of the route has been delayed until 15 December. I’m writing everywhere to find a plane to cross the Atlantic. Denain is helping me. Ever since the Americans started doing it, I haven’t been able to sleep; it drives me mad to see that not a single one of us has left yet, even though we have aeroplanes just as good as theirs. What a dream that would be for me! Forgive my selfishness, my dear Mum. It’s all down to my ideals—what can I say? »…
Mainbressy, 23 August. Family news. Next, Lulu takes up the pen, followed by Mrs Gillet.
Correspondence, nos. 92 and 94.
Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Then passed down through the family
See original version (French)
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