Auction Date:2010 Oct 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
French military officer (1859–1935) whose central role in the Dreyfus Affair, the most sensational cause célèbre in the final years of the 19th century which tore French society apart and shook their faith in the military, thrust him into the international spotlight. Discovering the murky circumstances—the recklessness of the French government in pursuing a speedy conviction, the sloppy procedure of the court-martial—author Emile Zola wrote his famous open letter, “J’Accuse!,” laying bare the entire disgraceful affair. Zola was convicted of libel and fled to England, though he returned to France in time to witness the fall of the government and Dreyfus’s release following an overturned second conviction. ALS signed “A. Dreyfus,” one page, 5.25 x 7, February 12, 1912. Letter to Monsieur de Marmande. In full (translated): “I regret not being able to attend the meeting to which you are convoking me. I am busy tomorrow night February 15. I know that you put me among committee…members. I have voluntarily signed the manifesto that you have given me because it represented my feelings, but you certainly understand that I want to follow this affair quite independently and give only a signature to the ones I would have approved the spirit and orientations.” Light creasing and wrinkling, mainly to right edge, a light vertical crease through signature, and some scattered light toning, otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Dreyfus’s hand, as well as a Sotheby’s auction presentation folder. Dreyfus, having found freedom through the work of one writer, here writes de Marmande (1875-1949), noted French anarchist and journalist who played an active role in radical movements in France. In 1912, the year of this letter, he was part of an effort involving yet another military scandal. This was the “Aernoult-Rousset” matter, stemming originally from the alleged murder of a prisoner by his officers in one of the Army’s Algerian penal colonies. The case provoked a vigorous intervention by the anti-militarist left and it is probably this affair that Dreyfus is referring to when he agrees to sign Marmande's manifesto.
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