166 - [CARRIER]

[CARRIER] End of an autograph letter (undated, recipient unknown) signed twice “Carrier” [Jean-Baptiste Carrier, a member of the National Convention who was guillotined in 1794 and remains famous for his crimes and cruelty in Loire-Atlantique]. 1.5 pages, in-4 format; yellowed and fragile paper. “(…) we can take unspeakable satisfaction in telling ourselves in our old age that we have made people happy and contributed to the happiness of our homeland. Think, think of the happiness that awaits you—there is none more beautiful (…) Receive my fraternal embraces, greetings, and best wishes for you, and my boundless, unreserved devotion to the Republic. Carrier. Give my fraternal kiss to my wife (…) I am fully recovered (…) Weariness at the dangers to which the freedom and prosperity of my country are being exposed still prevents me from speaking at the Convention. Glory, glory to Cantal—it has immortalized itself in the Lozère affair; there is no department that deserves it more or that more justly enjoys the esteem of the National Convention than ours, You will proclaim this truth in my country—that it is a joy to belong to it, as I love to declare. Carrier.” [CARRIER] Handwritten note signed by Carrier and Boursault, dated October 20, Year 2 [1793]. Dimensions: 8.5 x 16 cm; lower right corner trimmed, otherwise a fine copy. “The municipality of Nantes will provide lodging for two days for the cavalry of the Northern Legion (…).