HISTORY - Georges Clemenceau (Mouilleron-en-Pareds, 1841 - Paris, 1929) - Autograph letter signed

Georges Clemenceau (Mouilleron-en-Pareds, 1841 - Paris, 1929)Autograph letter signed, dated Paris 10 Juillet 1904 by the President of the French Council of Ministers. after the Great War (1917-1920). He became mayor of Montmartre in 1870, thus beginning his own political career. He entered the National Assembly in 1870 and strongly opposed the peace terms imposed by Germany at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Like many French politicians of the time, he would have harbored an inveterate hatred of the Germans throughout his career following the military humiliation of 1871. Clemenceau addresses a Director: "...Je suis trop heureux d’avoir eu l’occasion de vous donner un coup de main. C’est un plaisir pour moi d’apprendre que vous avez déjà fait d’intéressantes découvertes à Dôle. J’espère que je pourrai faire une petite visite à l’Ile au printemps prochain...". 2 pp. on card with letterhead "Sénat". The letter is attached to a handwritten document: a long biography of Clemenceau on one page with the heading "Assemble Nationale". Rare visit-card as deputy of the Seine and thus at a young age (1871).