Rue Eugène Spuller

Eugène Spuller was a French lawyer, writer, journalist and politician, born on December 8, 1835 in Seurre (Côte-d'Or) and died on July 23, 1896 in Sombernon (Côte-d'Or). He pleaded at the trial of the "54 conspirators". He met Gambetta and became a friend and a close collaborator. Both defended the trade unionists accused of conspiracy. Faithful to Gambetta, he accompanied him during his escape in a balloon to Tours on October 7, 1870, when Paris was surrounded by Prussian troops. On July 4, 1884, Eugène Spuller officially presented the Statue of Liberty to the United States. After the ceremony, the statue was dismantled and placed in 210 wooden crates. The liner carrying it left for New York on May 21, 1885. Eugène Spuller represented the French Parliament at the inauguration of the statue in New York in October 1886