Letter handwritten and personally signed by Alfred Dreyfus. [France?, 1902]. French.

Letter of thanks from Alfred Dreyfus to one of his supporters: "Dear sir, I thank you for your articles in which, with your generosity of heart and usual frankness, you have responded well to the impudent lies of Mr. Hugues le Roux… Zola's beautiful letter, published this morning, will admirably complete the denials already published…". Signed: A. Dreyfus.
In April 1902, the French journalist M. Hugues le Roux (pen name of Robert Charles Henri Le Roux; 1860-1925) gave a lecture in Chicago, in which he claimed that Dreyfus admitted to the charges of treason and signed a confession document. In response, Émile Zola, author of J'Accuse, published an open letter to the press, in which he asserted Dreyfus' innocence and declared that Dreyfus never admitted to the charges nor did he sign a confession document.
The recipient of the letter may be the American journalist Walter Littlefield, a New York Times journalist and supporter of Dreyfus in the United States, who published a sharp response to Hugues le Roux's allegations.

[1] f. (folded in two; [1] written page), approx. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Horizontal fold line. Stains. Matted and framed.