Giuseppe GARIBALDI (1807-1882). L.A.S., Autun December 10, 1 - Lot 562

Giuseppe GARIBALDI (1807-1882). L.A.S., Autun December 10, 1870, to Ad. Chevassus, editor of Le Républicain; 1page in-4 on the letterhead of the Commandement général de l'Armée des Vosges. Nice letter about his refusal of the sword offered by France, when he had joined the service of the French Republic in 1870. "I consider a sword given by France to be the most glorious of gifts, and you will certainly be surprised that I do not accept it. Having closed the door to honors for all the brave men who accompany me, I want no preference. At the end of the war, I'll accept with them whatever Republican France wants to bestow on us. Not before". He nevertheless thanks the "generous initiators of an idea so flattering to me"...