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Aide-Memoire

1899

1592 francs for “lodgings”

January 13, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Press Democrat, 14 June 1899 Very few of us get anything worth having without paying for it. Dreyfus has secured his freedom, but in settling up with the war office for his back salary the secretary has held out 1592 francs for “lodgings” furnished on Devil’s island during the past four years and a half.

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