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298 MADAME LUCE, OF ALGIERS.
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I think that having been for long gained over to the French cause , trained according to our customs , and _sj _3 eaking with equal facility the Arabic and
int French erpreters languages , and by , these their young example Mussulmans and advice will will graduall soon become y bring intelli the wives gent and the ideas daughters which of they the keep ex- up Emir in the to ab m andon inds / of th their eir pr husbands ejudices . , and Finall modif ythe y
two sceurs hospitalieres whom Government has placed at Amboise will . equall , y find them in . these girls capable and devoted assistants in the work confided to
I beg you , M _\ le G-ouverneur , to communicate my decision to _jMCadame Luce , and to ask her to point out three young Algerines , who , by their educationtheir characterand their industrymay unite in themselves all
the desirable , qualifications , for the functions which , they will be called upon to fulfil at Amboise . M My department will undertake the maintenance of these young
Mussulmans . I have also ordered that in exchange for their liberty , which they will will in some be called sort hav upon e g to iven ren up der , and , they in shall consideration receive a of salary the to services be fixed which for each they
of them at 300 francs a year . It is also a matter of course that the journey to Amboise shall be defrayed by the State . I therefore authorize you , M for . le the Gouverneur purchase of - General clothes , of to put a European aside for fashion each of which them the will sum onl of 60 be francs worn
during the journey , to prevent their _suffering from , the impertinence y of public curiosity . X leave it to you to appoint a suitable person to accompany them ; —you may be able to find among the wives of some of our Algerine officials ,
a lady about to return to France who would be willing to accept such a mission , and to keep an account of the expenses of the journey , defraying them from the sum which you will previously have confided to her for this
purpose As soon . as all the necessary measures have been taken , you will kindly let me knowand at the same time inform me of the day on which they will
embark for , France , as well as that on which they will reach Amboise . I remain , M . le Gouverneur ¦& . c -General & c , Daumas .
, , Signed for and by the order of the Minister of War . AlgerDecember 101850 ..
M . le Prefet , , In reply to , the letter which you have done me the honor to write me on the 20 th instant d-propos of sending three young pupils from this
Institution to Amboise , I must tell you that their relations , not finding the indemnity of 300 francs a year sufficient to compensate them for giving up the whom girls , hav I pointed e opposed out will themselves leave with to tli the e departure consent . of her One famil onl y y ; of the the mother three
hoping that the services of her daughter , her intelligence , her work , and her devotion to the cause of France , will merit an increase of salary sufficient for the accumulation of a small dowry which may aid her in finding a good
marriage . The young girl , whose , character is serious and thoughtful , will doubtless fulfil with honor to herself the desires of M . le Ministre . Her name is Nefissa Bent Aliand she is about fourteen years old .
The other young girl who , will accompany her is called Aziya Bent Xahia ; she is twelve years old , and is entirely at my disposition , as I took her into my care when she was onltwo years oldat the death of her mother .
At this moment I can y therefore only , send these two young girls to the family of Abd-el-Kader . Perhaps next spring I may be able to send a third , if two are not enough for the services required .
Their departure has been fixed for . the 20 th instant . They will reach
Amboise on the 26 th or 28 th . As Madame Bally is not going in the same
298 Madame Luce, Of Algiers.
298 MADAME LUCE , OF _ALGIERS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1861, page 298, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071861/page/10/
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