AUBARET family. Set of 6 L.A.S., 1897-1900, addressed... Lot 406

AUBARET family. Set of 6 L.A.S., 1897-1900, addressed to Thérèse Aubaret née Granier; 37 pages in various formats, envelopes, qqs headers and vignettes. Enclosed: 2 booklets of speeches given in Poitiers, for the weddings of Auguste Véron and Léonine Aubaret and Count Antoine Aubaret and Louise Siry. Poitiers 1891 and Paris 1898; pieces performed at Cécile Aubaret's wedding to the Comte du Pavillon (1899); ms note on Admiral Auguste-Joseph Veron. Interesting correspondence, notably from the United States. May 5, 1897, letter from his daughter Léontine on the fire at the Bazar de la Charité. 1899-1900, long letters from his son Antoine (1870-1906?) and his wife Louise, from New York, describing skyscrapers and trains on metal bridges (sketches); Washington, on the exploits of Admiral Dewey, and report of a reception at the White House by President Mac Kinley; Chicago, with Lake Michigan and its teeming population... Attached: 2 booklets of speeches delivered in Poitiers, for the weddings of Auguste Véron and Léonine Aubaret and Count Antoine Aubaret and Louise Siry. Poitiers 1891 and Paris 1898; pieces performed at Cécile Aubaret's wedding to the Comte du Pavillon (1899); ms note on Admiral Auguste-Joseph Veron.