[Francis GARNIER (1839-1873) naval officer and explorer of Tonkin.] 3 documents, 1874-1883. December 1874. Announcement announcing the New Year's Day service (in-4, mourning). "You are requested to attend the New Year's Day Service which will be celebrated on Tuesday, December 22, 1874, at 10 o'clock sharp, in the Church of St Germain-des-Prés (Chapel of the Apostles), for the repose of the soul of Monsieur Francis Garnier, Lieutenant of the Navy, Officer of the Legion of Honor... [Saigon, ca. 1882]. Photograph : Project for a monument to be erected by subscription in Saigon in memory of Francis Garnier and his comrades in arms. Presented by Mr. Foulhoux, architect. Photograph pasted on strong paper, with printed label pasted in the lower margin. 18,3 x 10,5 cm on card 32,4 x 24,6 cm (folded in the center, traces of oxidation). Model of the monument that was to be erected in Saigon. The project of Alfred Foulhoux (1840-1892) was not retained; it is that of Tony-Noël (1845-1909) which was built (now disappeared). L'Indépendant de Saigon. Journal politique, littéraire, commercial et d'annonces, nos. 103, 104 et 105, 29, 31 mai et 2 juin 1883 (Saigon, Imp. C. Guilland et Martinon, 1883); small folio (small tears). Set of 3 issues of this journal, with articles on French policy in Indochina, most of them related to the Tonkin question: role of Admiral Dupré who sent Francis Garnier to Tonkin in 1873 and death of the latter in an ambush; 1874 treaty with the Annamite authorities; interventions of Jules Blancsubé, deputy of Cochinchina, in the Chamber of Deputies; capture of the citadel of Hanoi by Commander Rivière in 1882; draft law on Tonkin, with increase of the naval forces, etc. It also mentions the project of a monument to the memory of Francis Garnier, by the sculptor Tony-Noël. Provenance: archives of the Garnier family.