Julien-Bernard-Dorothée de MAZADE-PERCIN (1750-1823) Conventionnel (Haute-Garonne). L.A.S., Paris 26 vendémiaire II (17 octobre 1794), to "citoyens frères & amis"; 4pages in-4 (heavy wetness).

Interesting letter on the aftermath of Robespierre's fall. ... "A monstrous power had formed in the Revolution; he claimed to be its friend, as the worm that gnaws a precious fabric might boast of his attachment to it. The head of this colossus was Robespierre; its heart was crime [...] the food of this monster was human blood; its aim the destruction of social institutions and tyrannical domination"... But numerous Societies throughout France provided sanctuary for the tyrant's remains. "A liberticidal movement was being prepared against the National Representation". But the decrees of Vendémiaire 25, banning affiliations and correspondence between Societies, "instruments of this new federalism", saved the Republic and "representative democracy"...
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Julien-Bernard-Dorothée de MAZADE-PERCIN (1750-1823) Conventionnel (Haute-Garonne). L.A.S., Paris 26 vendémiaire II (17 octobre 1794), to "citoyens frères & amis"; 4pages in-4 (heavy wetness). Interesting letter on the aftermath of Robespierre's fall. ... "A monstrous power had formed in the Revolution; he claimed to be its friend, as the worm that gnaws a precious fabric might boast of his attachment to it. The head of this colossus was Robespierre; its heart was crime [...] the food of this monster was human blood; its aim the destruction of social institutions and tyrannical domination"... But numerous Societies throughout France provided sanctuary for the tyrant's remains. "A liberticidal movement was being prepared against the National Representation". But the decrees of Vendémiaire 25, banning affiliations and correspondence between Societies, "instruments of this new federalism", saved the Republic and "representative democracy"...

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Julien-Bernard-Dorothée de MAZADE-PERCIN (1750-1823) Conventionnel (Haute-Garonne). L.A.S., Paris 26 vendémiaire II (17 octobre 1794), to "citoyens frères & amis"; 4pages in-4 (heavy wetness). Interesting letter on the aftermath of Robespierre's fall. ... "A monstrous power had formed in the Revolution; he claimed to be its friend, as the worm that gnaws a precious fabric might boast of his attachment to it. The head of this colossus was Robespierre; its heart was crime [...] the food of this monster was human blood; its aim the destruction of social institutions and tyrannical domination"... But numerous Societies throughout France provided sanctuary for the tyrant's remains. "A liberticidal movement was being prepared against the National Representation". But the decrees of Vendémiaire 25, banning affiliations and correspondence between Societies, "instruments of this new federalism", saved the Republic and "representative democracy"...
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