CALVADOS - PRISONS UNDER THE REVOLUTION. 2 letters. - Lot 172

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CALVADOS - PRISONS UNDER THE REVOLUTION. 2 letters. - Lot 172
CALVADOS - PRISONS UNDER THE REVOLUTION. 2 letters. - Letter from Alexandre Puisaye to the priest of Saint-Sylvain "secretary of the representatives of the French people in Caen". "From the prison of Caen", Sept. 22, 1793. 1 p. in-4. He proclaims his innocence and asks him to intervene for his release. - letter from Leclerc "republican sanculotte" to a "citoyen représentant". 2 pp. ½ in-4. "Caen, en la maison d'arrêt", 22 frimaire an 2. Arrested "because of the insurrection of Calvados, provoked by perfidious men who have indignantly deceived all the good republicans of the department", he recalls all the actions he has carried out in the department in the service of the Revolution since "the memorable day of July 14, 1789" when he formed the national guard of the village of Combremer, etc.
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