Militaria: Lot of 2 Handwritten Letters from the 1870s Fran - Lot 109

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Militaria: Lot of 2 Handwritten Letters from the 1870s Fran - Lot 109
Militaria: Lot of 2 Handwritten Letters from the 1870s Franco-Prussian War - Committee for Aid to German Prisoners, Libourne (Gironde 33) - Mayor of Pujols (Gironde 33) - Set of 2 original handwritten documents from the period (end of the Second Empire / beginning of the Third Republic), related to the military and administrative history of the Libourne district (Gironde).Doc 1: Official letter on letterhead reading “Department of Gironde, City of Libourne, Mayor’s Office.” Dated 1871, in the midst of the Franco-Prussian War.This is an official status report from the “Committee for Aid to French and German Prisoners…” detailing the shipment by rail of two crates of personal effects and clothing destined for prisoner-of-war camps, with explicit mention of the city of Erfurt (Germany). The document is countersigned by the committee’s responsible members. Doc 2: A period administrative document concerning the case of citizen Hippolyte Chambelan and his conscription or exemption from the Mobile Guard, referencing official documents and summons orders.The manuscript bears a magnificent and very clear blue-ink stamp from the “Subprefecture of Libourne (Gironde)” and is signed in the hand of Henri d’Auzac de la Martinie, mayor of Pujols and member of the General Council.
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