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41 - [EMPIRE] CARNOT, Lazare (1753–1823), General of the Revoluti…
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[EMPIRE] CARNOT, Lazare (1753–1823), General of the Revolution and the Empire, politician, scientist. Member of the National Convention for Pas-de-Calais (27 August 1791–26 October 1795); Member of the Committee of Public Safety (14 August 1793–5 March 1795); Minister of War (2 April 1800–8 October 1800); Minister of the Interior during the Hundred Days (20 March 1815 – 22 June 1815). Letter signed on 29 Germinal, Year 12, in Chalon, addressed to the Minister of the Interior [Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756–1832)]. Letter on printed letterhead: ‘Department of Saône-et-Loire / The Government Commissioner at the Criminal Court of the Department of Saône-et-Loire’, with a vignette bearing the motto ‘Active and vigilant’. ‘Citizen, I have the honour of sending you the list of names of individuals sentenced to hard labour by the criminal and special courts of this department since the departure of the last convoy. As it may be that, between now and the departure of the chain whose passage through Chalon you have indicated for 27 Floréal, several defendants may be sentenced to the same punishment; in the event that no appeal is lodged, I shall have them attached to this chain and include them in the new list which I shall send to you in due course. Yours sincerely and with the deepest respect, Carnot’. 1 page, in-4 (dim: 21.2 x 25.7 cm); fine copy. Appraisal carried out by Pascal GUILLEBAUD. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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