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Document 16257

ARISTIDE BRIAND. Manuscript LS: "A. Briand" as French Minister of Justice, 2p, 4½x7. Paris, 1908 February 2. In French, not translated. To an unnamed Deputy concerning a letter he has received concerning a recommended candidate not on the list. Briand was Foreign Minister (1915-17, 1921-22, 1925-26, 1926-1932) and Prime Minister (1909-11, 1913, 1915-17, 1921-22, 1825-26, 1929) of France. He shared the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize with Germany's Gustav Stresemann for the Locarno Pact. In 1928, with U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg, Briand formulated the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war as a means of solving disputes. Lightly creased. Folds, horizontal fold touches the "A" and the loop of the "B", which is also affected by light vertical fold. ½-inch separation at mid-horizontal fold at blank margin below signature.

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