HAUTE-MARNE. 1792. FEDERATION DAY 14 July... - Lot 244 - Vermot et Associés

HAUTE-MARNE. 1792. FEDERATION DAY 14 July 1790. "Decree of the Directory of the district of CHAUMONT, relating to the payment of the Patriotic, Land, Movable Contributions, of the right of Patents, and those resulting from the Expenses of the Federation of 1790." - of 20 Sept 1792, Year 4 of Liberty and the 1st of Equality. "... that the needs are ever increasing; that it maintains, in its pay, numerous armies to guarantee especially persons and property, to oppose them to the attacks undertaken by the federated tyrants against Liberty and Equality: Considering, finally, that all citizens owe to their country, to the cause and triumph of human rights, all the sacrifices which are in their power...". Printed in CHAUMONT, at Bouchard's. Closet (51 x 42) State A.