During the First Spanish Federal Republic (from February 11, 1873, to December 29, 1874), Clavé became Governor in Castelló and then in Tarragona –Pi i Margall insisted that he becomes governor there. These letters are also an open window to the Third Carlist War (1872-1876) and to the Republican Federalists’ political strategies to fight against the Carlists.
Clavé received letters from politicians and intellectuals such as Víctor Balaguer, Pi i Maragall, Baltasar Saldoni, Pep Ventura, Abdó Terradas, Rius i Taulet, among others.
This section offers an interpretation of Clavé's correspondence and archive, and compiles our scholarship on nineteenth-century Catalan popular music, politics, and social movements.