154 - Miscellaneous Documents: The French Revolution and the First Empire.

Miscellaneous Documents: The French Revolution and the First Empire. 1-Marquis De SOMBREUIL * Handwritten military enlistment certificate signed on July 3, 1788. 1 p., in-8; fine copy (address on the reverse). “Martin Esquinse de Bon enfant, soldier, enlisted on March 6, 1788, to serve 35 years in the Liancourt detachment (…). 2-Ch. Joseph Mathieu LAMBRECHTS* Handwritten, signed letter (on letterhead bearing republican symbols) addressed to Citizen Palloy, architect, at “Sceaux l’Unité,” dated 3 Pluviôse, Year 6 [January 22, 1798]. 1 p., in-4; fine copy. He thanks him for a shipment of patriotic items: “(…) the two plaques on the Rights of Man and the Constitution served as a fine reminder of the civic mission of Mr. Rousseau, whom you tasked with delivering to the department’s central administration (…)—where I served as commissioner—a model of the Bastille (…)”. Palloy crafted these models using stones salvaged from the demolition of the Bastille. *Minister of Justice under the Directory. 3-fold printed document completed and signed by the municipality of Mâcon on September 30, 1792; 1p in-8. Good copy. Citizen Girel “(…) took an oath to be loyal to the nation, to uphold liberty and equality, or to die defending them (…)”. Red wax seal. Enclosed is an autograph letter of condolence signed by Jourde, a member of the Convention from Puy-de-Dôme, dated October 22, 1789. 2 pp., in-8; black wax seal. Fine copy. An autograph letter dated March 14, 1782 (claim for payment) signed by Louis-Prosper Lofficial, future delegate to the National Convention from Deux-Sèvres. 1 pp., in-4 (yellowed paper). 4-A printed letterhead (republican vignette with the motto “La nation, La loi”); printed (completed) certificate of military service at “Liste la Montagne [Noirmoutier]” dated 14 Floréal, Year 2 [May 3, 1794], signed by Goupil, “Lieutenant commanding the Company of Gunners,” and several other (unidentified). 1p in-8 with red wax seal. Fine copy. 5-A printed letterhead (Phrygian cap flanked on either side by the motto “Equality, Fraternity”). Partially printed receipt from “The Revolutionary Committee of the Porte-Froc district [a subdivision of the Saint Jean neighborhood in the 5th arrondissement],” completed to grant a pension to “Citizen Jeanne-Marie Tardy, aged 75, infirm (…) who has never been the subject of any complaints or accusations against her” in Ville Affranchie [Lyon], dated 2 Nivôse, Year 2; numerous unidentified signatures. 1.5 pages, in-4; fine copy.