Eugène FARCY, Naval Officer, inventor of a battleship gunboa - Lot 602

Eugène FARCY, Naval Officer, inventor of a battleship gunboat used in the defense of Paris in 1870, Deputy for the Seine - Letter signed as Deputy for the Seine, from Paris, July 3, 1871. Political letter defending Republican principles: "... He has been led to believe that the Republic is disorder and anarchy,... It is especially necessary in the Revue républicaine to make comparative statements of what the Republic costs as opposed to the Monarchies, and for the country to know that under the Empire, the entire budget was almost employed to pay for the enjoyments of those who governed us, whereas the Republic not having to suffice for the needs of such costly parasites can devote its entire budget to improving the intellectual and material lot of the fatherland and of all citizens..." 3 pages in-12° and a manuscript "Les Canonnières françaises."