Lot n° 473
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AIN. Letter signed by “the National Agent of COMMUNE-AFFRANC - Lot 473
AIN. Letter signed by “the National Agent of COMMUNE-AFFRANCHIE (Revolutionary name for LYON) ” (Letterhead, Seal) on the 3rd of Prairial, Year 2 (May 22, 1794), to the Revolutionary Committee of NANTUA (AIN)—2 pages, in-4°: “Greetings; I hereby inform you that I had Charles Basset—the individual named in your letter of 27 Floréal—arrested, and that a search of his home revealed a sugar loaf weighing approximately 30 livres… This sugar was sold at the maximum price, and Basset was released… on the basis of his good faith... The man named Darnet, an innkeeper in NANTUA, was the one to whom he was supposed to send it...” – P.S. TASPAN, Secretary
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