Manuscript Letter of Louise Michel to Ernest Vaughan from prison

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Date[ca. 1883-1886]
NotesFollowing her implication in the Commune, Louise Michel (1830-1905) was emprisoned in several locations, among which the prison of Clermont near Paris, between 1883 and 1886.
NotesIn this letter to her friend Ernest Vaughan (1841-1929), administrator of the journal L’Intransigeant, written on the prison’s sheets, Louise Michel tells about a project of book, and writes a poem of her own.
NotesOther manuscripts of Louise Michel are accessible on the International Institute of Social History website and the European Digital Cultural Heritage Gateway.
Digitization date2014
Original LibraryThe Graduate Institute, Geneva - The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library