Antoine-Christophe MERLIN DE THIONVILLE (1762-1833)... - Lot 310 - Rossini

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Antoine-Christophe MERLIN DE THIONVILLE (1762-1833)... - Lot 310 - Rossini
Antoine-Christophe MERLIN DE THIONVILLE (1762-1833) conventionnel (Moselle), one of the actors of the 10th of August and one of the main architects of the 9th of Thermidor, he had distinguished himself by his conduct at the siege of Mainz. P.A.S., [Mainz] July 20, 1793, "2 de ma republique"; 1 page in-4. Beautiful piece on the conditions of the surrender of Mainz, three days before the capitulation. After reading the enemy's proposals, Merlin refuses "to abandon the inhabitants of Mainz and the countries of the Rhine who will want to leave and follow the French army, if the king of Prussia persists in his resolution I beg the Council to offer him to let these individuals leave and to keep me myself a prisoner at his discretion in exchange for these victims of their opinion and their confidence in my nation"... A letter of the municipality of MAYENCE to Merlin, April 4, 1793 (2 p. ¼ in-fol., in German) is attached.Ancienne collection Patrice Hennessy.
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