Pierre-Michel CHÂLES (1753-1826) conventional... - Lot 117 - Rossini

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Pierre-Michel CHÂLES (1753-1826) conventional... - Lot 117 - Rossini
Pierre-Michel CHÂLES (1753-1826) conventional (Eure-et-Loir). L.A.S. co-signed by Armand Guffroy, April 11, 1793, to Citizen Henry, liquidator of the Civil List; 2 pages small in-4. He intervenes in the name of the "workers and suppliers of Rambouillet", to make them give without delay the receipts which they ask for: "Must we, in such a critical moment, multiply the discontentments and the complaints, especially towards the laborious citizens, for whom we fight? Another L.A.S. (co-signed by Guffroy), March 15, 1793; plus a P.S. by Le Tourneur, Extract from the Registres des Délibérations du Directoire Exécutif of 26 ventôse IV (16 March 1796), on the arrest of Châles: "The Executive Directory [...] decides that Citizen Châles, ex deputy to the National Convention, [...] accused of being the author of the counter-revolutionary newspaper entitled L'Éclaireur and of other writings also detrimental to the General Safety of the Republic will be placed under arrest and that seals will be affixed to his papers"...; and a L.S. from Merlin de Douai, Minister of Police, 28 ventôse IV (18 March 1796), concerning the arrest of Châles....
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