Hugo, François-Victor. Autograph letter signed from François-Victor Hugo to unidentified recipient

Folger bibliographic ID: 230768
Folger call number: Y.c.3275
Folger holdings ID: 279529
Accession Number: cs2089

Hugo cannot find the new address of the recipient's brother, a Monsieur Montague, who had asked about the "affaire de Jersey." Asks that the recipient forward information he had received from Jersey concerning the attempted bribery of a Jersey policeman, George Henley. Also mentions that he has been correcting the proofs of Hamlet, which will appear the following month

General notes

In French The incident described occured during a riot following the "Indignation Meeting," held October 13, 1855 in the town of St. Helier, Jersey, to effect the suppression of the Jersey newspaper, L'Homme, which had published an open letter from Felix Pyat to Queen Victoria

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from François-Victor Hugo to unidentified recipient after 1855 July 17 Friday

Hugo, François-Victor, 1828-1873 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Henley, George, active 1855

correspondent: Hugo, François-Victor, 1828-1873
subject: Hugo, François-Victor, 1828-1873
subject: Henley, George, active 1855