REVOLUTION and EMPIRE. 6 letters or pieces, mostly L.A.S. Aug. Belle (30 germinal II, to a Citoyen Président, concerning the reading of a report by Saint-Just to the Jacobins), Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis (13 fructidor XI, to cit. Arnaud, concerning a surgeon from Brive, vignette and Senate-Conservative letterhead), Baron Leduc (Amsterdam October 19, 1811, on behalf of the Prince of Neuchatel, with attached notice on Berthier), Jean-Dominique Le Ray de Chaumont (Lausanne, to cit. Otto).Letter from a soldier: Corporal Perou of the 116th Compie des Vétérans (Le Havre 1796). Account of the Battle of Ober-Flörsheim (March 30, 1793, fascinating account by a soldier of the Vosges Battalion; split fold).

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