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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3110

Historical Documents
The French Coup of 1851
1851 (5 and 7 December) two letters, one a "copy" from a British citizen resident in Paris describing the fighting in the streets and debating whether to stay or flee. The second letter, written after he had decided to leave Paris and return to England includes, " ... nothing but an enormous majority for Louis Napoleon can avert a civil war & nothing but the dread of this can give it to him, for I do not believe anybody really cares a farthing for him - I wish you could see the troops bivouacking in the Champs Elysees, it is a most curious spectacle ... ". Interesting contents and written within a week of the coup d'etat by the Minister of the Police, the arrest of Thiers and others and Paris declaring a state of siege

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Estimate
£240 to £280