Author:
Félix Faure [Félix François Faure] (1841-1899), President of France, 1895-1899 [James Hutton, cotton merchant, President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce; Marquerite Steinheil]
Publication details:
4 May 1881; Paris, on letterhead of the Chambre des Députés.
12mo: 1 p. Nine lines. With black mourning border. In poor condition: creased and grubby, with wear to extremities, pin holes and closed tear neatly repaired on reverse with archival tape. The letter is written out by a secretary, and signed by Faure. Thanks him for the 'exemplaire des statistiques du commerce avec la côte d'Afrique', a 'document dont j'ai pris connaisance avec le plus vif interêt'. Hutton took an interest in African affairs, and was a friend of David Livingstone's finder Henry Morton Stanley.
