(AMERICA (Civil War.) ARDECHE. RHÔNE) - 14 commercial letter - Lot 446

(AMERICA (Civil War.) ARDECHE. RHÔNE) - 14 commercial letters addressed to Messrs DURANT Frères and DUMAS in FLAVIAC (Ardèche) including 12 from the Maison "REPELIN, DE MICHEAUX & Cie in LYON from 1861 to 1862, on the trade in crafts and silk. "The American situation continues to weigh more and more on our market." - Letter from Lyon on March 20, 1861"... the calm is now reappearing on our square, the news from America having not supported the movement, our manufacturers have returned to their previous reserve; we will not be able today to obtain the prices we were maintaining for your Andros and for your two sons. President LINCOLN's speech does not change the opinion we had in the telegraph summary we had before yesterday; the question remains as undecided as in the past and American correspondence expresses the opinion that the southern states will maintain their separation; it is therefore an armed conflict that is inevitably being prepared. We are still without work to offer you we have done new research without reaching anything, we will continue them and do not ask better than to be able to satisfy you...", etc..