The Morning Advertiser, The Interior of Paris
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1871Description
Page from The Morning Advertiser, in which are published letters received by balloon dispatch from Paris, written by a correspondent for the London paper under the title "The Interior of Paris." The letters contain first-hand accounts of events during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. Following the article is a short note about a letter from Victor Hugo, also received by balloon post out of Paris and published in another paper, The Guernsey Star. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/841
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letters (correspondence), Mail, Balloons (aircraft), Periodicals, Air mail service, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885, Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898, Bazaine, François-Achille, 1811-1888, The Morning Advertiser