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HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). Autograph letter signed ('Victor Hugo') to Louis Blanc, Hauteville House, [Guernsey], 3 November 1862, a letter of introduction for Charles Tennant - 'M. Ch. Tennant, ancien membre du parlement, est un esprit distingué et ouvert au progrès. Il est sur le parti des idées économiques qui mènent aux réformes sociales. il comprend les fermes caractères et les hautes intelligences; il est digne de vous serrer la main. Acceuillez-le comme moi même', one page, 8vo, on a bifolium; envelope.
Provenance: Charles Tennant; his daughter Dorothy Stanley, wife of Sir Henry Morton Stanley; and by descent.
Louis Blanc (1811-1882) was a socialist historian, journalist and political activist; in 1862 he had just completed his sweeping Histoire de la Révolution, which firmly supported Jacobinism. Charles Tennant, of Cadoxton, Glamorgan, had been M.P. for St Albans.
Provenance: Charles Tennant; his daughter Dorothy Stanley, wife of Sir Henry Morton Stanley; and by descent.
Louis Blanc (1811-1882) was a socialist historian, journalist and political activist; in 1862 he had just completed his sweeping Histoire de la Révolution, which firmly supported Jacobinism. Charles Tennant, of Cadoxton, Glamorgan, had been M.P. for St Albans.