Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1919 — Historic Pens Preserved In a Showcase in French Foreign Office Museum [ARTICLE]

Historic Pens Preserved In a Showcase in French Foreign Office Museum

In the French foreign office there is a small collection of historic pens preserved in a showcase. These range from the pen with which Bismarck and Jules Favre signed the armistice nt Versailles January 28, 1871, to that with which Muley Hafid signed the treaty in March 30, 1912, giving the French a protectorate over Morocco. The collection also includes the pen used by President McKinley and M. Gambon when they arranged the preliminaries of peace between Spain and the United States, and the one with which Gambetta wrote announcing the resignation of “le Grand Ministere.” In the Berlin museum may be seen two historic pens—that with which Queen Louise of Prussia signed her last will and testament, side by side with the pen used by William I of Prussia in his famous letter to Queen Augusta, informing her of the victory of Sedan. .;