Manuscript letter of Louise Michel to Henri Rochefort after her return from New Caledonia (1880)
- Date
- 12th November 1880
- Notes
- After a 7 years’ imprisonment in New Caledonia, following her implication in the Commune, Louise Michel (1830-1905) came back to Paris, where she received a triumphal welcome by left-wing politicians, journalists and supporters (9th of November 1880).
- The event was related in a polemic way by the journal Le Figaro in an article published on the 11th of November 1880. (This article is accessible on Gallica).
- Louise Michel sent a reply letter to the journal on the following day, which she copied and sent to the influential journalist Henri Rochefort (1831-1913), a former supporter of the Commune and editor-in-chief of the journal L’Intransigeant.
- Other manuscripts of Louise Michel are accessible on the International Institute of Social History website and the European Digital Cultural Heritage Gateway.
- Document type
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Digitization date
- 2014
- Original Library
- The Graduate Institute, Geneva - The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library
- Permalink
- https://digitalcollections.graduateinstitute.ch/idurl/1/1237
