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RARO DOPPIO AUTOGRAFO – NAPOLEONE COLAJANNI AND GENERAL VITTORIO LUIGI ALFIERI – MINISTRY OF WAR – 1917 Important original World War I document with a double autograph of Napoleone Colajanni and General Vittorio Luigi Alfieri. Document dated Rome, January 5, 1917, on letterhead of the Ministry of War – The Undersecretary of State, signed by General Vittorio Luigi Alfieri, at the time Undersecretary of State for War. The letter is addressed to the Hon. Prof. Napoleone Colajanni, Deputy in Parliament, Naples, and concerns a specific request regarding the appointment of priest Francesco Spadavecchia as military chaplain. The Ministry informs Colajanni that it has considered the request, but it should be noted that it is not possible to predict when the priest will obtain the appointment, as there are no available positions and many requests have already been received by the Ministry. PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT: THE VERSE OF THE DOCUMENT On the back there is a note entirely in Colajanni’s own handwriting, written in Naples and dated January 7, 1917, therefore just two days after the ministerial letter. Colajanni personally comments on the matter and makes explicit reference to General Alfieri: “Meanwhile, does the promise hold? It holds little for me as far as General Alfieri has always been courteous. A world of best wishes and affectionate regards. Yours, N. Colajanni” The contemporaneous presence of Vittorio Luigi Alfieri’s signature on the recto and Napoleone Colajanni’s autographic note on the verso, both referring to the same matter, makes the document particularly interesting from a historical and collecting viewpoint. It is therefore an original double autograph, not merely two signatures collected separately: the two contributions are indeed documentarily linked to the same matter and dated only two days apart. THE FIGURES Napoleone Colajanni (1847–1921) was a politician, scholar and professor of statistics, a deputy since 1890 and a prominent figure in Italian southernism. He authored numerous political and social studies and founded the Rivista Popolare. Vittorio Luigi Alfieri (1863–1918) was a General of the Royal Italian Army. He held important posts at the Ministry of War and during World War I served as Undersecretary of State for War; in October 1917 he became Minister of War. In the document presented here, dated January 1917, his title is correctly that of Undersecretary of State for War.

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