Jacques-Paul DUPLANTIER (1764-1814) lawyer and naturalist, Conventional (Gironde). L.S. with 4 other administrators of the Directory of the department of Gironde, Bordeaux June 30, 1792, to the chief engineer Brémontier; 1 page fol. In spite of their will to make savings in all administrative sectors, they accept Brémontier's request: they will not suppress the posts of the two clerks of his office, not to put them in embarrassment: "we will employ them in the offices of the administration in this case their salary will be preserved"...

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