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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 977

Autographs
Italy
Giuseppe Garibaldi
1870 (15 July) letter written to a friend in Milan and is signed "G. Garibaldi" some wear along folds. Photo

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 – 1882) was an Italian general, politician and nationalist who played a large role in the history of Italy. He is considered, with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini, as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in July 1870, Italian public opinion heavily favored the Prussians, and many Italians attempted to sign up as volunteers at the Prussian embassy in Florence. After the French garrison was recalled from Rome, the Italian Army captured the Papal States without Garibaldi's assistance.

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