LOIRE 1794. MONTBRISON in a state of PERMANENT SURVEILLANCE. - Lot 357

LOIRE 1794. MONTBRISON in a state of PERMANENT SURVEILLANCE. - Arrêté de POCHOLLE, "Le Représentant du Peuple, actuellement à MONTBRISON (42)", Fait à MONTBRISON le 17 Brumaire An 3 (7 Nov. 1794) - "Instructed that a new kind of social disorganization has just manifested itself in this District, and seems to threaten the Districts and the surrounding departments. Arrests that the constituted Authorities of Montbrison... are in a state of permanent surveillance to prevent any emigration from their territory, to recall to their homes the seduced individuals who have abandoned them, and to search for the motors and instigators of this disorder". (Sequestration on the property of fugitives; Traveller without passport; "The Vendée, smoking with the blood of so many thousands of Frenchmen (product of fanaticism.), is offered to the eyes of all friends of humanity and of the Fatherland..." Printed in MONTBRISON, at Marc MAGNEIN, District Printer - Beautiful "French Republic" label and frieze of Phrygian Caps. - Cupboard (54 x 42) State A