[THASSOS MINES / OTTOMAN - FRENCH RELATIONS] A historically significant autograph manuscript letter from Thessaloniki in 1914, requesting that Vuccino continue addressing the Thassos mines concession issue between the Ottoman Empire and France

ZSOLMAY(?), EMIL. Salonica, March 22, 1914. Ink on bifolium. “Ivoire B.A. Extra” watermark and engraved letterhead “Olympos Palace Hotel” title and drawing. 21x14 cm (folded size). In French in 42 lines on three pages. Signed on lower right on the last page. Centrefold trace, a very good manuscript. A historically significant autograph manuscript letter, sent from the Olympos Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki on March 22, 1914, to Dr. and lawyer Vuccino -descended from the Levantine Vuccino family and providing legal consultancy to Italian and French insurance companies in Ottoman territories- requesting that Vuccino continue addressing the Thassos mines concession issue between the Ottoman Empire and France. Indicating this matter was initially led by Count Ostrorog of Polish origin, the writer of the letter emphasized their close friendship with Mr. Boulgaudes, the French Consul General in Kavala, and stated that every step taken in this matter should be regarded as representing Mr. Boulg