Johann Georg Eccarius – Henri Louis Tolain, [Fourth Estate and Modern Production]This is an excerpt from the same report described in note 15. The main authors of this part were Johann Georg Eccarius, Johann GeorgEccarius [1818–89] and Henri Louis Tolain, Henri LouisTolain [1828–97]. Eccarius, a tailor from Thuringia who emigrated to London, was a member of the GC from its inception until 1872, its general secretary from 1867 to 1871, and its corresponding secretary for the United States from 1867 to 1871. He was a delegate to all the congresses and conferences of the IWA. After 1872 he adhered to the 'autonomist' IWMA and took part in its Geneva Congress in 1873. Tolain, a French engraver, was a mutualist and one of the founders of the IWMA in France. A delegate to all Conferences and Congresses of the organization except that of The Hague (1872), he was expelled in April 1871 after expressing support for the Versailles government against the Paris CommuneParis Commune, following his election to the French Senate. This is located in PI, I: 208–9

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"Johann Georg Eccarius – Henri Louis Tolain, [Fourth Estate and Modern Production]This is an excerpt from the same report described in note 15. The main authors of this part were Johann Georg Eccarius, Johann GeorgEccarius [1818–89] and Henri Louis Tolain, Henri LouisTolain [1828–97]. Eccarius, a tailor from Thuringia who emigrated to London, was a member of the GC from its inception until 1872, its general secretary from 1867 to 1871, and its corresponding secretary for the United States from 1867 to 1871. He was a delegate to all the congresses and conferences of the IWA. After 1872 he adhered to the 'autonomist' IWMA and took part in its Geneva Congress in 1873. Tolain, a French engraver, was a mutualist and one of the founders of the IWMA in France. A delegate to all Conferences and Congresses of the organization except that of The Hague (1872), he was expelled in April 1871 after expressing support for the Versailles government against the Paris CommuneParis Commune, following his election to the French Senate. This is located in PI, I: 208–9." Workers Unite! : The International 150 Years Later

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