Suez canal

Reference : 25546

‎SUEZ CANAL - ‎

‎AUTOGRAPH DRAFT OF A LETTER, undated, to Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, President of the Republic, explaining the importance of the Suez canal, the support to be expected from Sultan Mehemet Ali, the financial advantages for the French and the danger of British opposition.‎

‎(Around 1850). 4 pp. Folio. Draft of a letter, still unsigned, in a small handwriting and with many corrections and sections crossed out, but mainly still legible. ‎