Item 202302-001-13 - Letter 9 : Louis Frechette to J. G. Bourinot

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Letter from Louis Frechette to J. G. Bourinot politely declining an invitation to the Canadian Magazine Dinner. He mentions an attack of rheumatism earlier in the year which rendered walking very difficult for him. Letter is written in french.

Louis Frechette (1839-11-16 – 1908-05-31) was a journalist, author, lawyer, and politicism from Lower Canada who primarily resided and worked in Montreal Quebec. Frechette moved to America in 1865 and was involved in a series of scandals related to the American and Canadian Fenians, his views on confederation and the Franco-German war, before returning to Quebec in 1871. Between 1874-1878 under the Mackenzie government, he held the liberal seat for Levis in the house of commons. His writing gained him a Montyon prize, the first of its kind awarded from a European nation to a Canadian citizen. This prize brought criticism to Frechette, due to his radical liberalism. He suffered from rheumatoid arthritis throughout his colourful career and eventually died of a stroke in his home at 68 years old.