TARN, GERS AND HAUTE-GARONNE. 1794. Three Proclamations by M - Lot 402

TARN, GERS AND HAUTE-GARONNE. 1794. Three Proclamations by MALLARMÉ and BOUILLEROT, People's Representatives, delegates in the TARN, GERS and HAUTE-GARONNE Departments, in Castres or Albi: Albi, 2 Frimaire An 3 (November 22, 1794). "Forfeits have just been committed in your midst: an armed multitude has attempted to take great culprits away from public vindictiveness; barbaric hands have attempted to take the lives of those who lent strength to the law; they have caused the death of one of our Brothers in Arms, and cries of vive le roi have been heard..." 3 pages in-4° + Albi, 3 Frimaire An 3. "... all the proofs provided by the constituted authorities of the department of Tarn, that the Troubles which have just manifested themselves there, have for their principal causes: 1° the clandestine exercise of a cult which until now has been the misfortune of nations. 2° The hope of restoring it entirely...". 7 pages in-4° + Castres, 27 Nivôse An 3. "Our Proclamation, on arriving in your midst, must have assured you that we came only with a heart full of the sentiments of justice and humanity that guide the National Convention... Informed by a chain of events and facts, that terror had not been entirely banished from among you, and that you do not yet fully enjoy the benefits of the memorable day of 9 Thermidor (La Chute de Robespierre 9 Thermidor An 2, 1794), we have sought to investigate the cause, and destroy the effects..." 4 pages in-4°