François de CHAUVELIN (1766-1832) diplomat. L.S. as "Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic", London December 9, 1792, to Citizens of Calais; 2pages in-fol. It is necessary to warn all Englishmen who wish to embark "that the measures of rigor which the British Government seem to have believed necessary since the King's last proclamation, would put in the most imminent danger the Englishmen who would disembark in England, and who would be found bearers of writings, books, or pamphlets suspicious to the administration"... It is not as "Minister of the Republic", but "as a citizen of the world" that he gives this advice.