In a broadcast to the French people: …La guerre est gagnee! Voici la Victoire! C’est la Victoire des Nations Unies et c’est la Victoire de la France! … Honneur pour toujours a nos armees et a leurs chefs! Honneur a…
A remarkable TLS,1 page, small quarto, February 21, 1910, to a Mr. Vick. “For some months now, I have been trying to assist the Trustees in clearing of the indebtedness of the property owned by the late Frederick Douglass located…
The Territory of California, ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, adopted a Constitution which was ratified on November 1849. It outlawed slavery and, as a result, Federal recognition of California’s status was blocked…
Typed signed letter on his Outlook letterhead, Phoenix, AZ March 21, 1911. for the time TR’s opinion was a very enlightened one to espouse; few of his colleagues would have agreed.
(May 20, 1804) (Napoleon was named Emperor on May 18th 1804 and his coronation was December 2nd 1804) The story of Napoleon Bonaparte’s quest to become Emperor is truly fascinating. The story begins in Egypt in 1798. Napoleon Bonaparte, already…
(1859-1935) French Army Officer Whose Trial for Treason Began a Twelve-Year Controversy that Deeply Marked the Political and Social History of the Third French Republic (February 14, 1895) Written by Dreyfus to the minister of Colonies at the very moment…
