WAR of 1870. 9 letters and documents. - Lot 220

WAR of 1870. 9 letters and documents. Letter by mounted balloon, addressed September 29, 1870, by Lieutenant Paul Brongniart, to his mother in Hennebont, near Lorient (Morbihan); 1 page in-8, address on back with stamp and postmarks. Departure postmark: Paris-Saint-Mandé, September 29, 1870, 6th collection. Nantes to Quimper travelling postmark, October 15, 1870; arrival at Hennebont on October 15 [letter carried by the "Unnamed No. 2" aerostat]. Evocation of life in Paris at the start of the Siege, rising food prices, Parisian morale, the state of mind of the troops, balloons, etc. 4 issues of the Lettre-Journal de Paris, Gazette des absents (November 1, December 3 and 31, 1870 and January 3, 1871), without addresses; plus 2 supplements, one with a.s. bill on the back by Philippe Gille. A letter dated October 3, 1870 on peeling paper, sent to London (defects, stamp and postmarks). Letter from A. de G. to his friend General Princeteau about the National Guard (October 3, 1870), 3 handwritten circulation permits signed by Imperial Prefect von Porembski or Major von Kuylenstierna, Évreux 1871.