Gustave CLUSERET (1823-1900) general and politician, he participated as a northern general in the Civil War, and was a delegate to the War of the Commune. 3 L.A.S., 1887-1892; 5 pages and a quarter in-8, 2 on the letterhead of the Chamber of Deputies (stamps of the coll. of Dr. Louis Bretonnière). La Crau d'Hyères April 17, 1887, to a friend. He accepts the proposal of the publisher Jules Lévy to publish his Memoirs under the financial conditions that he recalls and that he completes with his conditions concerning the English and German translations. "As for the reworking, i.e. the division by chapters, it would be impossible for me to be ready for the 25th. Consequently, I give you carte blanche for any reworking you may deem appropriate, with the exception of the text, which must remain as is. On the proofs, if there are changes of detail decided by M. Lévy, I will appreciate them and I will send them to you. Paris, November 27, 1890, to a "dear citizen" who could reach him at the Assembly: "But I must tell you in advance that if it is a question of soliciting something, it is absolutely useless, my electors having imposed on me the obligation not to ask anything to the ministers whereas one cannot fight the people and ask them favors"... December 26, 1892, to a public prosecutor, denouncing an unscrupulous lawyer who had robbed the unfortunate Monge, an insane person interned in the asylum of Pierrefeu-du-Var; the house of this one having burned, Me Pietra pocketed a part of the money paid by the insurance...