CHARENTE. 1792. "Proclamation of the PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE C - Lot 190

CHARENTE. 1792. "Proclamation of the PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of the FRENCH NATION. Du 25 Août 1792, l'An 4 de la Liberté, le 1er de l'Égalité.". "Despotism, wounded in 89, had soon risen again; covered by the constitutional mask it conspired:... We, however, invested with the exercise of executive power by the suffrage of the National Assembly, which alone today represents the French People,... we strive to fulfill the duties that its trust imposes upon us... Yes, even if we perish fighting for liberty, we will at least carry with us this consoling thought, that sooner or later the efforts of the most magnanimous of peoples will annihilate all obstacles and all tyrants. ". The Provisional Executive Council: ROLAND, SERAN, CLAVIERE, DANTON, MONGE, LEBRUN. Impr. à ANGOULÈME, chez BARGEAS, Imprimeur du Département, rue Genêve N°418, 1792. Cupboard (45 x 35) Condition A.