Translations:CP 03973/16/en

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  1. The will of Edmond de Goncourt, to found the proposed academy, was challenged through the courts in 1897 and in 1900 by his cousins. The statutes of the Literary Society were established and its "public benefit" were recognized in a decree of 19 January 1903 by Prime Minister Émile Combes, which explains the date inscribed in the letterhead. [CSz]