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Date
after 1855 July 17 Friday
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
2 leaves
Language
French
Size
21 x 14 cm
Genre
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 230768
Folger call number: Y.c.3275
Folger holdings ID: 279529
Accession Number: cs2089
Folger call number: Y.c.3275
Folger holdings ID: 279529
Accession Number: cs2089
Summary
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
Notes
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
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letter signed from François-Victor Hugo to unidentified recipient after 1855 July 17 Friday
Subjects
Related names
correspondent: Hugo, François-Victor, 1828-1873
subject: Hugo, François-Victor, 1828-1873
subject: Henley, George, active 1855
subject: Hugo, François-Victor, 1828-1873
subject: Henley, George, active 1855