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Honoré-Marie FLEURY (1754-1827) conventionnel (Côtes du Nord). 2 L.A.S., Quintin June 29 and July 17, 1792, to deputy DIGAULTRAY; 3 and 2 1/2 pages in-4. Interesting letters on the state of mind in Brittany. The aristocracy is spreading; the ardor of the national guards is slowing down: "They seem today to be fulfilling a hard task more than an act of freedom and patriotism [...] The fanatics and the evil-inclined are not happy with the way they are.The fanatics and the ill-intentioned, on the contrary, are stirring in all directions: the auricular court, transported to secret and misterious places, provides more than ever means of seduction, our countryside is infested with foreigners disguised as workers, empiricists &ca who run around the pardons and the fairs [...] I no longer find in my unfortunate province those Bretons so famous at the time of the birth of liberty"... At the time when the fatherland is declared in danger, he denounces "the frightening progress of fanaticism and seduction. At the Briochine federation, there were not a hundred spectators last Saturday, the streets were deserted [...] the stores, doors and windows were almost generally closed, and it seemed that the enemy was in the city: [....] The patriots are few in number, but they are determined to win or lose"... Another L.A.S. from Fleury, then justice of the peace in Quintin, June 30, 1819, to Digaultray (3 p. in-8) is attached.
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Honoré-Marie FLEURY (1754-1827) conventionnel (Côtes du Nord). 2 L.A.S., Quintin June 29 and July 17, 1792, to deputy DIGAULTRAY; 3 and 2 1/2 pages in-4. Interesting letters on the state of mind in Brittany. The aristocracy is spreading; the ardor of the national guards is slowing down: "They seem today to be fulfilling a hard task more than an act of freedom and patriotism [...] The fanatics and the evil-inclined are not happy with the way they are.The fanatics and the ill-intentioned, on the contrary, are stirring in all directions: the auricular court, transported to secret and misterious places, provides more than ever means of seduction, our countryside is infested with foreigners disguised as workers, empiricists &ca who run around the pardons and the fairs [...] I no longer find in my unfortunate province those Bretons so famous at the time of the birth of liberty"... At the time when the fatherland is declared in danger, he denounces "the frightening progress of fanaticism and seduction. At the Briochine federation, there were not a hundred spectators last Saturday, the streets were deserted [...] the stores, doors and windows were almost generally closed, and it seemed that the enemy was in the city: [....] The patriots are few in number, but they are determined to win or lose"... Another L.A.S. from Fleury, then justice of the peace in Quintin, June 30, 1819, to Digaultray (3 p. in-8) is attached.
