[Révolution Française] DUMOURIEZ - BILLAUD VARENNE...

[A few days before Valmy] In the name of the French Nation. We Charles François Dumouriez, General-in-Chief of the Army of the North, by virtue of the powers conferred on us by the Executive Council and by a decree of the National Assembly, have conferred the rank of Lieutenant Colonel aide-de-camp. Monsieur Jacques Viala, to fulfill this role close to us, and this based on my knowledge of his zeal, his activity and his military talents. Done at Grandpré the 12th of September 1792, the 4th year of Liberty, the 1st of Equality. The General-in-Chief of the Army of the North, (Sign) DUMOURIEZ ... (then autograph lines of Billaud-Varenne) "As seen by us, the civil commissioners of the executive power, we provisionally confirmed the nomination made by General Dumouriez, at Grandpré, headquarters, on 12 September 1792, the 4th year of Liberty and the first of Equality. (Sign) BROCHET and BILLAUD-VARENNE (Note: a few days before the proclamation of the First Republic in France (22 September 1792), we note here that the reference to Year 1 of Equality is already present; we also note the wax seal which still bears the three fleurs-de-lis.) On the back, old repairs not harming the text (see photo) nor the document framing. Charles François du Perrier DUMOURIEZ (1739 - 1823) French Revolutionary general, victor at Valmy and Jemmapes (later defected to the enemy and died in England) Jacques-Nicolas BILLAUD-VARENNE, (1756-1819), Montagnard deputy to the National Convention and member of the Committee of Public Safety. Close to ROBESPIERRE, very active during the Terror, he escaped the guillotine but died in exile. Jean-Étienne BROCHET (1752-1804), nicknamed “Brutus,” juror at the Revolutionary Tribunal during the French Revolution with Fouquier-Tinville, inflexible notably in the Marie-Antoinette trial. He escaped the guillotine after Thermidor, unlike Fouquier-Tinville. Sale in the EU only for costly and lengthy customs reasons. Professional seller clearly identified Certificate of Authenticity CNE France provided on request Delivery in a very rigid cardboard envelope, by registered mail with Insurance that guarantees reimbursement of the document in case of delivery problems.

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