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HUGO Victor (1802-1885)

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HUGO Victor (1802-1885)
Autograph letter signed, May 25 [1848], to Désiré LAVERDANT, at La Démocratie pacifi que| 1 page 1-8, address.
[On May 26, 1848, Hugo fi tted his profession of faith, Victor Hugo to his fellow citizens, for the supplementary elections organized after the day of May 15 and the arrests or flight of certain demonstrators such as Barbès, Raspail, or Blanqui.
Hugo will be elected on June 5 with nearly 2,500 more votes than Louis-Napoléon
Bonaparte]. He sent him "a letter that I am sending to the electors.
It will appear tomorrow. If you think it is suitable for La Démocratie pacifi que, I will let you be the judge and will be charmed to read it in the newspaper where you write and whose serious and intelligent honesty I have often applauded. It seems to me that it is time for all men of heart and probity to unite in the common thought of the public good" ...