General Antoine MORLOT (Bousse/ Moselle 1766 - Bayonne 1809) - Lot 297

General Antoine MORLOT (Bousse/ Moselle 1766 - Bayonne 1809) - Letter A.S. as Divisional General commanding in chief the 3rd Military Division (Header printed, vignette) - to H.Q. in METZ (Moselle), 12 messidor year 7 (June 30, 1799) - to Representative TALOT, Member of the Conseil des CINQ-CENTS (Address and M.P. 55-METZ, wax seal at opening) - 2 1/4 pages in-4°: "Well, my brave Representative, you are always where the fatherland needs an energetic defender; you have just proved recently, as you did on 18 fructidor, that a military man can defend his country and the cause of liberty in the Senate as well as in the Army... It would be good for the Directoire to be warned against denunciators (who seek and intrigue for positions) ... for I already have definite proof that there are honest and virtuous republicans in office in this department who have been publicly slandered...".