WAR OF 1870. 3 L.A.S. from political figures. Adolphe CRÉMIEUX (1796-1880). L.A.S., Paris June 15 (2 p. ¼ in-8 mourning). In favor of a prisoner: "Mercy and clemency are besides so sweet to invoke!"... Ferdinand HÉROLD (1828-1882). L.A.S., Paris September 11, 1871, to a friend, director of a newspaper (2 p. in-8 mourning), sending an article on the reorganization of the magistracy: "You guessed right: two hours after my arrival at the Place Beauvau, I was dealing with the indemnity of the national guard. I tried, groped, did not succeed very much, and yet I let myself be told that, during my 20 days of administration (thanks to many circumstances, but among them my two successive regulations), the daily allowance had gone down from 600,000 fr to 400,000 fr. [...] In my life, I have never felt more keenly than during those 20 days the desire and the disgust of the authority, I will tell you that. Not being able to do anything, I had ended up being dominated by this idea: to go away! "... Henri ROCHEFORT (1830-1913). L.A.S., June 23, 1880, to the journalist Edmond Magnier (2 p. in-8, split), thanking him for "the charming article" he devoted to him. "It is just at the moment when I will perhaps (I say perhaps) return to France that you make me feel the sweetness of exile, for the sympathies I am gathering are out of proportion to the sufferings I have endured...