Jean-François DUCOS (1765-guillotiné 1793) deputy and conven - Lot 101

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Jean-François DUCOS (1765-guillotiné 1793) deputy and conven - Lot 101
Jean-François DUCOS (1765-guillotiné 1793) deputy and conventionnel (Gironde), one of the most activeGirondins. L.A.S., co-signed by deputies LACHEZE and MARBOT, "membres de la commissionde correspondance de l'Assemblée Nationale", Paris September 11, 1792, to the administrators of the Loire Inférieure department in Nantes; 1 page in-fol. Interesting letter on the early days of the Convention, requesting that "the minutes of nomination of those members of the National Assembly who have already been elected to the National Convention" be sent immediately. As the convention cannot begin until two hundred members have been assembled, it could happen that, in the absence of minutes to record the elections, the opening of the convention would be impossible at the time of the 20th of December [...] You can see how important it is not to lose a moment in getting the national convention up and running. It is in its hands that the fate of the French nation will be placed, and the moment is pressing"...Enclosed is a L.A.S. from his widow Agathe Ducos to J.B. LOUVET de Couvray (1 p. in-4, adr.), thanking him for his efforts to recover her unfortunate husband's belongings and papers.Former Patrice Hennessy collection. ex 9785/461
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