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BREVET D'INDULGENCE D'UNE CONDAMNATION A MORT, signed by King LOUIS PHILIPPE, King of the French, countersigned by Count PERSIL, given in Paris on April 21, 1834. Louis LE DUC, known as MÉNARD, Cuirassier in the 10th Regiment, is sentenced to death for the crime of assaulting his superior officer, and detained in METZ. Vellum (36.5 x 49 cm) with engraved letterhead. Jean Charles PERSIL (1755-1870) was Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs under Louis Philippe.

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BREVET D'INDULGENCE D'UNE CONDAMNATION A MORT, signed by King LOUIS PHILIPPE, King of the French, countersigned by Count PERSIL, given in Paris on April 21, 1834. Louis LE DUC, known as MÉNARD, Cuirassier in the 10th Regiment, is sentenced to death for the crime of assaulting his superior officer, and detained in METZ. Vellum (36.5 x 49 cm) with engraved letterhead. Jean Charles PERSIL (1755-1870) was Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs under Louis Philippe.

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