REVOLUTION. MAUBEUGE, January 7, 1790. Letter signed PARAZOLS addressed to the Marquis de CORDOUE Chef d'Escadron au Régiment des Chasseurs de Languedoc, in TULINS, Dauphiné (Postal Mark "Maubeuge"). He forwards the printed copy of the letter from Mr. le Comte de LA TOUR-DU-PIN, enjoining all Corps to abolish Recruitment, dated December 25, 1789. "L'Armée étant, Monsieur, au moment de recevoir une nouvelle Constitution, l'intention du Roi (Louis XVI) est qu'il ne soit fait, jusqu'à nouvel ordre, aucun Engagement pour les Troupes des différentes armes..." - 2pp in-folio partly printed.

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