[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: FREYCINET CHARLES DE (1828-1923) French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France 1879-80, 1882, 1886 & 1890-92 and also served an important term as Minister of War 1888-93. A.L.S., C. de Freycinet, one page, 8vo, n.p., 28^th November 1897, to 'Mon cher ministre et ami', in French. Freycinet makes an enquiry regarding Dreyfus, 'Vous m'obligeriez de me donner la date de l'arrete qui a admis l'ex-capitaine Dreyfus a l'Etat majeur de l'armee. Je la crois posterieure a ma sortie du ministere' (Translation: 'You would oblige me to give me the date of the decree which admitted ex-Captain Dreyfus to Major of the army. I believe it postdates my leaving the ministry') and in a postscript remarks 'Je vous rappelle que le dedoublement du  6e corps est a l'ordre du jour de mardi. je ne prévois pas de discussion' (Translation: 'I remind you that the duplication of the 6^th corps is on Tuesday's agenda. I don't plan any discussion'). A couple of dates, in 1892 & 1893, appear in an annotation to the lower left margin, presumably in the hand of the recipient of the letter. With blank integral leaf. VG