Louis FAIDHERBE (1818-1889). French general and politician. - Lot 21

Louis FAIDHERBE (1818-1889). French general and politician. He was colonial administrator of Senegal. - L.a.s. "L. Faidherbe" Paris November 7, 1883, 2 pp. in-8 on the letterhead of the Cabinet du Grand Chancelier. To his dear ''Colleague'' Henri MARTIN, concerning the communication of certain documents concerning operations of the Armée du Nord, which would serve to illustrate his Histoire populaire. Attached, Adolphe Le FLÖ (1804-1887). French general and politician, Minister of War during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. He distinguished himself during the capture of Constantine in Algeria in 1887. - L.a.s. "Gén. Le Flô" Bordeaux February 25, 1871, 3 pp. in-8 on his ministry's letterhead. He thanks Henri MARTIN for writing to his wife in Paris, recommending that he encourage the integration of a former Lieutenant de vaisseau into the Garde Nationale. Henri MARTIN (1810-1886). Republican and freethinker, he was editor-in-chief of Le Siècle. He was mayor of Paris's 16th arrondissement in 1870, and again from 1880 to 1883. Elected to the Académie française to replace Adolphe Thiers. - Set of documents concerning his teaching appointments, including a letter signed by Minister Hippolyte CARNOT appointing him to teach a course in modern history at the Faculté des lettres in Paris, in May 1848. - L.a.s. "H. Martin" Paris January 19 (1882) 2 pp. in-12. Short letter addressed to Léon GAMBETTA: "... You alone can pull us out of this crisis out of all proportion to its causes and so dangerous ... Yours sincerely. H. Martin. Provenance: - Estate of Henri MARTIN (1810-1886). - By descent to the present day