ALS in French, signed "A. Bartholdi," three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8, June 3, 1884. Letter to friend and fellow Statue of Liberty collaborator Georges Glaenzer, in part: "I have not received any more news either about your dear father-in-law, or about the Committee, or about the copyright that I sent as a last resort, asking which one was valid and to be signed. Didn't it reach you? 1 sent it last December 3rd. I did receive a letter from Mr. Butler, to which I replied from Colmar. He gave me some general news but did not speak to me about the copyright. I asked him to give me news about it—that was already some time ago, in the month of March, I believe. Since I do not have copies of my letters, I do not remember exactly, but I am afraid my letter got lost. Please let me know what the situation is. I am sending you enclosed herewith [not present] a letter from an autograph collector. Since the Committee has a collection of them, I think it would be best to negotiate with him in return for a contribution. I sent 3000 of them last year, in autumn. I have a communication from a newspaper in St. Louis, very painful to read. So there are people who think I am getting a 'deal' when I have sacrificed more than 100,000 francs in the twelve years that I have been involved in the work of the Franco-American Union! Some time ago I wrote Mr. Evarts to ask him to give a little note to the newspapers so that they would not use the names 'Bartholdi's Statue'—'Bartholdi's Fund' etc, names which suggest that I am involved in a business matter. Couldn't the Committee one day publish a little item in that regard, in order not to leave unchallenged ideas that are so unfair to me? My mother was terribly sick for two months. I have been back in Paris only since May first, and I found such an accumulation of work and problems that my head was a bit muddled from it. In any event, everything relating to the statue is fine." In very good to fine condition, with old repairs to a slice through the text two lines above the signature. Accompanied by an English translation. Bartholdi and Glaenzer collaborated extensively during the process of fundraising for, fabricating, and overseeing the permanent placement of the Statue of Liberty.
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