SUEZ CANAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE - FERDINAND DE LESSEPS AUTOGRAPHS

Ferdinand de LESSEPS, MOHAMED SA'ID Pasha, Jules GIRETTE et

Edité par -1872, 1854

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This is a valuable manuscript archive relating to the Suez Canal, the project that utterly revolutionized global transportation, commerce and communications. It is highlighted by a detailed letter written by one of the major stakeholders in project, written from Alexandria only a few days after Sa'id Pasha, the Viceroy of Egypt, formally approved Ferdinand de Lesseps's proposal to build the canal. The letter is a rich 'insider's account' of how the news of the grating of Lesseps's bid was received by diplomatic corps in Cairo and all the various behind-the-scenes machinations. Enclosed within the letter are some of the earliest manuscript copies of Lesseps's formal proposal to Sa'id Pasha to be given the right to build the Canal and a manuscript translation of the Viceroy's response approving the bid. Additionally, there are couple of other letters, one being signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps. This fascinating, gossipy letter is one of the first detailed pieces of correspondence written frows of Sa'id Pasha's formal approval of Ferdinand de Lesseps's proposal to build the Suez Canal, a message communicated between two major stakeholders in the canal project. It features a wealth of fascinating 'insider's information', some of it sourced from Lesseps himself. The author of the letter, Jules Girette (d. 1895) was then the Managing Director of the Alexandria office of the 'Services Maritimes des Messageries Nationales Paquebots Poste Francais' (founded in 1851), a large private mail and package delivery company, and eventually one of the greatest beneficiaries of the Suez Canal. Girette spent virtually his entire career working for the Services, and rose to become its president in 1893. The recipient, Albert Rostand (1818-91) was a prominent Marseille banker and one of the founders of the Services Maritimes. During the time of this letter he served as the Managing Director of the Services Maritimes' head office in Marseille. The archive's contents are as .SEE OUR WEB PARIPTION. N° de réf. du vendeur 68404

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Titre : SUEZ CANAL MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE - FERDINAND DE...

Éditeur : -1872

Date d'édition : 1854