Antoine-Louis-François de Bésiade, comte puis duc d'AVARAY (1759-1811) agent, confidant and minister of Louis XVIII during the emigration. L.A. (signed with an initials), [Mons] 23 [June 1791], to M. de Chabrillan in Paris; 1 page in-4, address. Flight of the future Louis XVIII. Avaray (who organized the escape and left Paris with Monsieur on the night of June 20) takes advantage of the "first moment of safety" to write... "Monsieur is well and safe. I could have written you a note earlier, but I didn't think it prudent to do so until I knew something essential that we had just learned" [the escape of Louis XVI and the royal family... but they had since been arrested at Varennes].