HAUTE-SAÔNE. 1801. PROCLAMATION DES CONSULS de la République - Lot 363

HAUTE-SAÔNE. 1801. PROCLAMATION DES CONSULS de la République aux Français given in Paris, at the Palais du Gouvernement, on 21 Messidor, year 9. Signed BONAPARTE, First Consul and CHAPTAL, Minister of the Interior. "This day is destined to celebrate that era of hope and glory when barbaric institutions fell, when you ceased to be divided into two peoples, one condemned to humiliations, the other marked for distinctions and greatness; when your properties were free like your persons; when feudalism was destroyed, and with it the many abuses that centuries had accumulated on your heads...". And arrêté de VERGNES, Préfet de la Haute Saône, du 26 Messidor, an 9 (15 Juillet 1801) - Printed in VESOUL (70), by Bobillier et Lepagnez. Cupboard (44 x 35) Condition A.