VOSGES. MELTING OF BELLS – Letter signed by DUBOIS, Deputy P - Lot 220

VOSGES. MELTING OF BELLS – Letter signed by DUBOIS, Deputy Public Prosecutor of the Department of VOSGES, to the Director of the Mint in STRASBOURG – ÉPINAL, Sept. 26, Year 4 of Liberty (1792) - “...the transportation costs for the BELLS and old copper that the Vosges Departmental Directory sent you should have been paid by you; however, it had them charged to the registrar of the city of ÉPINAL....This reimbursement, Sir, is of the utmost urgency...” - (water stain) - (the bells from each parish were melted down to make cannons)

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