LESSEPS - PANAMA CANAL. Set of 13 documents: - Lot 107

LESSEPS - PANAMA CANAL. Set of 13 documents: -LESSEPS, Hélène Autard de Bragard (1848-1909), wife of Ferdinand de Lesseps. L.A.S. to Mme de Joncières. La Chesnaye, December 26, 1892. 4 pp. in-8. The indictment of Ferdinand de Lesseps in the Panama scandal. "Without the painful and odious events we are going through, I would already have thanked you [...]. I am alone. Think of my poor, aged and weakened Mr de Lesseps, whom I am protecting against an awful and revolting ingratitude. He who had given his life to his country, which had loved and glorified him! At last, after the ordeal, I hope God will send us our reward. My strength comes from my faith! I'm overwhelmed with letters and dispatches, all very touching! [...]. I've been living a life of slavery for a long time now [...]". The Panam Canal affair was the biggest financial corruption scandal of the 3rd Republic: hundreds of thousands of subscribers went bankrupt as a result of collusion between power and finance. The affair was hushed up until 1891, when it exploded. Lesseps, his son and Eiffel were condemned. -LESSEPS, Ferdinand de (1805-1894). L.A.S. to his "very dear President". Paris, November 30, 185[?]. 2 pp. in-8. About a Persian doctor. Lesseps asks him "if there was anything new about the doctor recommended by the Shah of Persia [...] that I could announce to Cte Walescki"; he mentions a letter from Lisbon, etc. -2 original period photographs of Ferdinand de Lesseps. -C.V.A. from Ernest Vallé, rapporteur for the Panama Canal affair. -2 L.A.S. and a C.V.A. from Charles de Lesseps, son of Ferdinand de Lesseps. -2 C.V.A. from Mme Charles de Lesseps. -C.V.A. of Antonin Proust, minister accused of collusion in the Panama Canal scandal. -3 C.V.A. from Mme Ferdinand de Lesseps. "I live even further away from the world and noise [...]".