Marie-Pierre-Adrien FRANCASTEL (1761-1831)... - Lot 220 - Rossini

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Marie-Pierre-Adrien FRANCASTEL (1761-1831)... - Lot 220 - Rossini
Marie-Pierre-Adrien FRANCASTEL (1761-1831) conventionnel (Eure), sent on a mission to the western departments where he practiced the most severe repression. 3 L.A.S., 2 L.S. and 1 letter with autograph corrections, years VIII - IX (1800-1813); 10 pages various sizes. Évreux 9 thermidor VIII (July 28, 1800): "The work of marking and hammering has just been finished in all the extent of our district. My colleagues are all at their posts". He asks for a leave of absence to settle personal affairs... Évreux 16 and 26 brumaire IX (November 7-17, 1800), about the removal of dead trees in the forest of Pacy belonging to the Domaine National, and the appointment of a new forest ranger in the woods of Saint-Victor... 27 ventôse IX (March 18, 1801), about the difficult relations with Spain, the stagecoaches not circulating any more between the two countries... 3 brumaire XI (October 25, 1802), an amusing letter, with autographed corrections, to Mrs. Tissot, offering her to take care of his business. to Mrs. Tissot, offering her two most beautiful merino sheep: "Not satisfied to encourage the brilliant Arts which make the ornament and the charm of the most pleasant Nation [...], you still want to give the salutary example of the taste of improvements in Agriculture". These ewes, "equally distinguished by their forms and by the extreme fineness of the wool [...] had been chosen by Gilbert who died in Spain and whose mission I was called to complete by Lucien Bonaparte, then Mi. De l'Int."... August 8, 1813, to the same, congratulations for the nomination of her husband to the chair of Latin poetry of the Collège de France, succeeding to his protector the abbot Delille...
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