Jean JAURÈS (1859–1914). Autograph letter, April 10, [1903], to Lejeune, editorial secretary of *La Petite République*; 1 page, in-12 format, address on the back (airmail card).

The Dreyfus Affair. “I believe it would be appropriate to publish in La Petite [République] Reinach’s letter regarding the Panizzardi dispatch (Radical) [Alessandro Panizzardi (1853–1928), an Italian military officer whose intercepted telegram exonerated Dreyfus]: what Picquart says about Cuignet (Aurore) [Commander Cuignet had discovered the “fake Henry” document that exonerated Dreyfus] and the interesting account by Brisson [Prime Minister] of Henry’s suicide (Siècle) [Colonel Hubert Henry had produced the forged documents accusing Dreyfus]. Also include Dumas’s corrective letter and the judges’ interviews in *Le Temps*, noting that I will comment on them tomorrow”…
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Jean JAURÈS (1859–1914). Autograph letter, April 10, [1903], to Lejeune, editorial secretary of *La Petite République*; 1 page, in-12 format, address on the back (airmail card). The Dreyfus Affair. “I believe it would be appropriate to publish in La Petite [République] Reinach’s letter regarding the Panizzardi dispatch (Radical) [Alessandro Panizzardi (1853–1928), an Italian military officer whose intercepted telegram exonerated Dreyfus]: what Picquart says about Cuignet (Aurore) [Commander Cuignet had discovered the “fake Henry” document that exonerated Dreyfus] and the interesting account by Brisson [Prime Minister] of Henry’s suicide (Siècle) [Colonel Hubert Henry had produced the forged documents accusing Dreyfus]. Also include Dumas’s corrective letter and the judges’ interviews in *Le Temps*, noting that I will comment on them tomorrow”…

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Jean JAURÈS (1859–1914). Autograph letter, April 10, [1903], to Lejeune, editorial secretary of *La Petite République*; 1 page, in-12 format, address on the back (airmail card). The Dreyfus Affair. “I believe it would be appropriate to publish in La Petite [République] Reinach’s letter regarding the Panizzardi dispatch (Radical) [Alessandro Panizzardi (1853–1928), an Italian military officer whose intercepted telegram exonerated Dreyfus]: what Picquart says about Cuignet (Aurore) [Commander Cuignet had discovered the “fake Henry” document that exonerated Dreyfus] and the interesting account by Brisson [Prime Minister] of Henry’s suicide (Siècle) [Colonel Hubert Henry had produced the forged documents accusing Dreyfus]. Also include Dumas’s corrective letter and the judges’ interviews in *Le Temps*, noting that I will comment on them tomorrow”…
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