Jean-Nicolas HOUCHARD (1738-1793) general... - Lot 324 - Rossini

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Jean-Nicolas HOUCHARD (1738-1793) general... - Lot 324 - Rossini
Jean-Nicolas HOUCHARD (1738-1793) general of the Revolution, victorious over the English at Hondschoote, guillotined for being soft on the enemy. L.A.S., [end of September ?1793] to the lawyer Montrond; half page in-4. A moving letter from General Houchard incarcerated at the Conciergerie, shortly before being guillotined (November 25). "I am detained [...] in the conciergerie and suspected, I am the most innocent man in the world, I will be obliged to you to want to take charge of the defense, please come to see me this evening if it was possible"...
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