Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907) French general
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FRANCE] Jean-Baptiste Billot (1828-1907) French general and politician. In 1882 he was minister for war in the second ministry of Charles de Freycinet (1882), the ministry of Charles Duclerc (1882ñ83) and that of Jules MÈline (1896ñ98). During his time as minister he saw the Dreyfus affair and in 1882 appointed Georges Ernest Boulanger director of infantry at the war office. He was implicated by …mile Zola of conspiracy to frame Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer, for espionage in an open letter J'accuse. In it Zola accuses General Billot of having held in his hands absolute proof of Dreyfus's innocence and covering it up. The case, known as the Dreyfus affair, captivated and divided France. ALS, 1879, 1p, approx. 5-1/4 x 8-1/4 in. VG.
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