LEPELLETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU AT THE PANTHÉON. 1793: “Decrees - Lot 449

LEPELLETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU AT THE PANTHÉON. 1793: “Decrees of the National Convention, dated January 21 and 22, 1793, Year II: 1°) Honors of the French Pantheon bestowed upon Michel LE PELLETIER, Representative of the People, and Decree of Indictment against PARIS, former Guard of the King, his assassin. 2°) Funeral of Michel LE PELLETIER.” Published by the Directory of the Department of Charente-Inférieure, in SAINTES (17) on January 30, 1793. Printed in SAINTES, at P. Toussaints, the Department’s Printer. (LEPELLETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU, Louis Michel, appointed to the Convention by the Yonne department, voted for the King’s death. His vote swayed those of his friends and secured the majority; he was assassinated with a saber stroke on January 20, 1793. The Convention granted him the most lavish funeral; it decreed that his remains be interred in the Panthéon, and that his daughter be adopted by the Nation.) Poster (48 x 38) Condition A