"Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71."

Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. Tears to lower margin without loss at the fold.
Louise Michel requests help for one of her friends: "Vous savez que le père Blin ne peut plus travailler depuis deux mois passés, voici maintenant la mère Blin qui vient de tomber très malade. Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71. Mon petit cousin [...] aidera le père Blin à tenir son kioske (sic) mais cela ne donne pas de secours à la maladie de Mme Blin. Mme Barrois devait revenir demain samedi ici qu'elle ne l'oublie pas mais je la prie bien aussi de voir ce qu'on pourrait pour Mme Blin." ["You know that father Blin has been unable to work for the past two months, and now mother Blin has just fallen very ill. See what could be done, you know all the services they rendered in 70-71. My little cousin [...] will help father Blin run his kiosk but that doesn't provide relief for Mme Blin's illness. Mme Barrois was supposed to return here tomorrow Saturday, may she not forget it, but I also earnestly ask her to see what could be done for Mme Blin."]
Mme Blin actively participated in the Paris Commune alongside Louise Michel; with other Parisian women, they created the Women's Vigilance Committee and asked Louise Michel to take charge of it.
Moving letter, testimony to the unfailing devotion of the former Communard.