MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE. Letter from General Alexandre BONNET (La - Lot 400

MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE. Letter from General Alexandre BONNET (Langres/ Haute-Marne 1752 - 1812), Commissaire des Guerres in LUNÉVILLE (54) on 28 Ventôse year 8 (March 19, 1800), to Citizen DREVON Ex-Représentant du Peuple - Long letter of 4 pages in-4°: "... I have been back in Lunéville for 15 days, where I am impatiently awaiting my fate... Are you still in Paris for some time? Please let me know what fate awaits you. My cousin's son, a prisoner in England, has finally returned after 32 months of slavery. This cousin has asked me to find out if there is not a law which prescribes that the Government must recognize bills under private signatures on the property of Émigrés; she has one for 4000 francs from M. MARFAUVILLE..."