"Vous avez eu une élection de Maréchal, vingt six voix, chiffre rarement atteint..."

Autograph letter dated and signed, one page, from General and Academician Maxime Weygand addressed to Thierry Maulnier (19 lines in blue ink on one sheet), written on the very evening of the latter's official nomination to the Académie française.
Central folds inherent to postal folding, printed stamp "Fonds archives privées Maulnier" in lower left corner of the missive.
The Immortal Maxime Weygand congratulates his now fellow member Thierry Maulnier, elected to replace the vacant seat of Henry Bordeaux, on February 13, 1964: "Mon cher confrère, une ligne pour vous dire mon immense satisfaction de vous nommer ainsi." (My dear colleague, a line to tell you my immense satisfaction in naming you thus.) after a first "blank" election held in November 1963 during which Thierry Maulnier had obtained 14 votes, against 11 for André Roussin: "Cela fait oublier le passé qui fut un moment fort déplaisant. Donc cher confrère et ami, mes chaleureux compliments de tout coeur." (This makes one forget the past which was at times quite unpleasant. So dear colleague and friend, my warm compliments from the heart.)