BABEUF (François-Noël, known as Camille, then after the fall - Lot 471

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BABEUF (François-Noël, known as Camille, then after the fall - Lot 471
BABEUF (François-Noël, known as Camille, then after the fall of 1794 as Gracchus, born in Saint-Quentin in the Aisne, sentenced to death, he was guillotined after committing suicide, he is considered a theorist of communism and remains an emblematic figure of the French Revolution) / Letter from prison (Vendôme) 3 months before his death, autograph letter signed, 1 p in-8 (10.5 x 17 cm), 5 ventôse (an 5), to his son Emile (Robert dit, 1785-1842, eldest son), address on back (letter worn): affectionate message of paternal tenderness "I assume, as you do, my little friend, that what you have done today will be good. We'll see tomorrow. Your mother has returned happy. Good night. Kiss your little brothers for me" {Babeuf took great pains to calligraphy this letter for his son; the reference to "your little brothers" makes it possible to date this letter precisely to 5 ventôse an 5, February 23, 1797, since Emile's second younger brother, Caius Gracchus, was born on January 28, 1797 in Vendôme - it was on February 20, 3 days earlier, that Babeuf's trial began in Vendôme, He was therefore in prison, and it was his wife Marie-Anne who took this bill to Emile - On May 26, he was sentenced to death, committed suicide and was guillotined, dying, the next day - It should be noted that it was Emile who passed the suicide knife to his father.)
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