Lyon. Victor Augagneur (Lyon 1855/1931),... - Lot 138 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Lyon. Victor Augagneur (Lyon 1855/1931), mayor of Lyon and deputy of the Rhône, governor of Madagascar then of the A.E.F. 11 L.A.S. and 1 L.D.S. to his son Charles. Lyon, Vienna and Paris, 1920-1929. Headings of the Chamber of Deputies. 15 pp. in-8. "Herriot is very clumsy! He thinks only of his august person and I attack him only on his administration [...]" (1928). A letter is devoted to the preparations for the trip to Madagascar (1920). "We will all leave by the 1st boat in May for Tananarive. You as an ordinance officer and I attached to the Governor General. There, he will entrust me with administrative duties [...]. It is high time to leave France, for I believe that before long there will be something naughty. The mentality is getting worse and worse every day, and all people think about is stealing from each other and doing all the nasty things they can. Life is abominably expensive and becomes impossible unless you are a millionaire...". (see also from the same source No. 232).