Pour une croix ; Des colons /

1st letter written in 1899. A lament : so many worthy people did not receive the Croix de la Lejione de'honour, especially Clemence Royer, translator of Darwin's work. 2nd letter written in 1897. Subject, the liberal status toward the sons or descendants of the prisioners who were the fi...

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Main Author: Descaves, Lucien, 1861-1949
Format: Manuscript
Language:French
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1897-1899.
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Summary:1st letter written in 1899. A lament : so many worthy people did not receive the Croix de la Lejione de'honour, especially Clemence Royer, translator of Darwin's work. 2nd letter written in 1897. Subject, the liberal status toward the sons or descendants of the prisioners who were the first colonist.
Item Description:Holographs, signed.
Letters tipped into bound volume with blank interleaves between each sheet of writing.
Physical Description:11 unnumbered leaves, 14 unnumbered blank leaves, bound ; 24 cm.