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APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume (1880–1918).

L.A.S. ‘Guillaume Apollinaire’, Paris, 17 June 1918, to his friend Jacques MOLINA at Fontaine l’Abbé (Eure); one and a half pages, in-8 format, on Ministry of the Colonies letterhead. Minister’s Office; envelope bearing the minister’s handwritten countersignature and the Ministry’s stamp.

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L.A.S. ‘Guillaume Apollinaire’, Paris, 17 June 1918, to his friend Jacques MOLINA at Fontaine l’Abbé (Eure); one and a half pages, in-8 format, on Ministry of the Colonies letterhead. Minister’s Office; envelope bearing the minister’s handwritten countersignature and the Ministry’s stamp.

Letter of condolence: ‘I shall not even attempt to offer you words of comfort. You would rightly reject them. That is why I shall simply hold your hand in silence and ask your children to remember me’…