CLOSURE OF ROYALIST POLITICAL SOCIETIES. MESSAGE FROM THE EX - Lot 295

CLOSURE OF ROYALIST POLITICAL SOCIETIES. MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. LE TOURNEUR Président - Du 9 Ventôse an 4 (27 Février 1798) - " Il ne peut être formé de Corporations ni d'Associations contraires à l'ordre Public.... In the eyes of the Directory... wherever it does not see sincere Republicans, it sees Royalists...". Executive Directory decree: 1°) The meeting formed in the premises known as the SALON DES PRINCES or SALON DES ARTS, Boulevard des Italiens; the meeting formed in the Maison de SÉRILLY, vieille rue du temple; the meeting formed in the Palais-Egalité under the name SOCIÉTÉ DES ÉCHECS ; the meeting held in the former Couvent des Génovéfains, known as the SOCIÉTÉ DU PANTHÉON; the meeting known as the PATRIOTES, held at rue Traversières, N°854; are declared illegal and contrary to public tranquility. Their respective locations will be closed within 24 hours, and seals affixed to existing papers. 2°) The Théâtre de la rue FEYDEAU and the building known as the Église de Saint-André-des-arcs will likewise be closed within 24 hours. From the Imprimerie du Directoire Exécutif. Cupboard (52 x 40) Condition C