SARTHE. REVOLUTION. 8 Letters (7 LAS & 1 LA) from the Deputy - Lot 297

SARTHE. REVOLUTION. 8 Letters (7 LAS & 1 LA) from the Deputy of BEAUMONT totalling 21 pages petit in-4, to his friend Le Masson, notary in Brûlon, on the events of the Revolution, mainly from Paris in November 1790 to April 1791, one from the MANS (72) of 1785. Gabriel François Chenon de BEAUMONT [Brûlon /Sarthe 1741 - 1791] - Elected on March 25, 1789 Third Party Deputy to the States-General by the Seneschalee of Maine and then to the Constituent Assembly. He was Councillor for the Election of Le Mans under the Ancien-Régime: Paris November 12, 1790 /On a private matter "...As there are no assignments below 200 # in circulation, he is therefore obliged to pay in cash...". "...The sale of national goods begins to work in different departments: here every day several houses are sold..." Paris, November 26, 1790 "...The National Assembly decreed on Wednesday that nothing would be changed at present in the distribution of districts and that future legislatures would be entitled to the demands that the people might make." "It seems to me, Sir, that you would intend to buy national goods if we dealt together with the funds you might need... Paris, December 18, 1790 "National goods are sold perfectly in many departments and there are more than four million sold here. We have just sold in Angers 14 houses 330000 #..." Paris 7 January 1791 "...He has just learned that the chateau d'Yvré and some outbuildings [Sarthe] have just been sold to Monsieur de Valence for 140000 #..." "Tomorrow we'll burn 1,500,000 # of the assigats that have been returned in payment for national goods. They're being eagerly sold almost everywhere." "We have only two bishops in the Assembly who have taken the oath decreed on the Civil Constitution of the Clergy: all the others have refused it, they've dragged about twenty priests into their party... There are still only 5 or 6 bishops who have taken their oath: they have great difficulty in detaching themselves from the goods of thi