ARMISTICE OF VERSAILLES 1871 (NIÈVRE. SEINE ET MARNE) - Addr - Lot 525

ARMISTICE OF VERSAILLES 1871 (NIÈVRE. SEINE ET MARNE) - Address to the Mayors of the Department of SEINE amp; MARNE by ROUSSEAU Prefect "At the time I am writing to you, the terms, bases and conditions of the armistice concluded at VERSAILLES on January 28 are not yet officially known to the country. The department's administrative officials and I are completely unaware of the guarantees that must have been stipulated for our security and freedom of action... Under these conditions, we cannot return to the département, where we would find ourselves in contact with the Prussian authorities... This is why, from our residence in NEVERS, where we remain by virtue of the Government's instructions, I am sending you the three decrees relating to the elections due to take place on February 8 next (Representatives for the Legislatives)... and to work tirelessly on the work of national reparation...". - NEVERS, Impr. et Lith . FAY, place de la Halle and 1 rue du Rempart. Poster (56 x 44) Condition A