Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON, incarcerated, fights for his release.

Pierre-Joseph PROUDHON (1809.1865)

Signed autograph letter.

One page in-8° on La Voix du Peuple letterhead .

Paris, La Conciergerie, June 10, 1851 – 4 a.m.

Locked up in the Conciergerie, Proudhon fights for his release.

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“Citizen Duchy, I have just been informed of the arrival of young Mr. Gauthier. I'm expecting his visit tomorrow Wednesday. In any case, I am going to ask for leave for Thursday, the 12th, in order to meet with you again, after having seen it, and to make real proposals , if necessary, as I hope. Let me know your time for Thursday; and if your business allows it, come to the Conciergerie tomorrow: perhaps I would have already seen Mr. Gauthier, and would have something positive to say to you. I greet you cordially. PJ Proudhon. »

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During the Second Republic, Proudhon developed his activities as a journalist. With the help of his secretary Alfred Darimon, he was involved in the creation of four newspapers: Le Representant du Peuple (February 1848 – August 1848); The People (September 1848 – June 1849); The Voice of the People (September 1849 – May 1850); The People of 1850 (June 1850 – October 1850).

These newspapers were all condemned and suppressed successively. Distinguished by incessant and violent criticism of government policies, Proudhon was sentenced, in March 1849, to three years in prison and a fine of 3,000 francs for one of his pamphlets published in the newspaper Le Peuple. The Assize Court found him guilty of the following facts: “ Incitement to hatred and contempt for the government of the Republic; attack on the Constitution; attack on the right and authority of the President; provocation of civil war. » Incarcerated on June 5, 1849 in Sainte-Pélagie, he did not leave until June 3, 1852.