Gambetta, Léon, French statesman, proclaimed the third republic after the defeat of Sedan in 1870 (1838-1882). Two. Billets m. U. "Gambetta" and 2 irregular cutouts of larger leaves, the first rectangular, the second octagonal, each 1 p. (Paris) 30.VIII. and 19.IX.1871. To the Minister of Finance Augustin Thomas Joseph Pouyer-Quertier (1820-1891), accompanying letter for submissions to the latter, the second reads: "Le Député soussigné prie son Collègue, M. Pouyer-Crosstier, ministre des Finances, de vouloir bien faire examiner avec soin la présente demande, dont l'auteur merite tout intérêt, comme s'étant conduit en patriote durant la guerre et ayant été blessé comme officier, Enfin comme ruiné par suite de l'annexion". - In 1870 Gambetta had left the occupied Paris in a balloon of Nadar to organize troops in the north of France and to fight against the Germans; the truce of the 28th century. On 1 January 1871, Gambetta's heroic efforts were destroyed. He was in the newly elected National Assembly the driving democratic force against the royalist party and the Bonapartists. - Accompanied by an own. Billet from Gambetta's father, one of his own. Letter from his uncle in Marseille and a third person invitation to Gambetta from the American businessman John Bibelow (1817-1911). ==References== Letter from the Spanish statesman Emilio Castelar (1832-1899) to Gambetta: "... je suis venu vous voir, et je tiens beaucoup à vous parler. Je renviendrais après demain. La situation de France m'inspire des grands inquiétudes. J'espère que votre optimisme, qui a toujours un grand motif dans Votre raisson si claire et votere expérience si mure ma rassuraira un peu. Excussez mon horrible français". - A total of 6 parts.