Papers, 1871-1905.

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Papers, 1871-1905.

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Letters to Strachey from Napoléon La Cécilia (1835-1878), professor of mathematics and general in the Paris Commune of 1871, concerning personal matters and his interest in a project for training and equipping the army of Yakub Beg (also called Atalik Ghazi), a leader of Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan who had successfully rebelled against Peking in 1864; from General Gustave Paul Cluseret (1823-1900), French military officer and high official during the Commune, outlining the project and seeking English approval; and from an Indian railway official discussing the International Railway Congress at Washington, D.C., 1905.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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