Edmond-Louis DUBOIS-CRANCÉ (1747-1814) Conventional (Ardenne - Lot 582

Lot 582
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Edmond-Louis DUBOIS-CRANCÉ (1747-1814) Conventional (Ardenne - Lot 582
Edmond-Louis DUBOIS-CRANCÉ (1747-1814) Conventional (Ardennes). L.A.S. "D.C.", Paris 17 ventose VIII (8 March 1800), to his wife (née Marie-Marguerite Salmon); 4 pages in-4. Interesting letter on the news of the day and on Bonaparte. Since his arrival in Paris he could not see "any of the powers, the minister himself makes himself invisible. One speaks only about the departure of Bonaparte for the army, and the return of the emigrants. Yesterday I found myself face to face with Charles Lameth at the Minister of Police. All that made the Constituent part of the minority of the nobility is already recalled, and even before the decree of the consul was known these Mrs. were among us. I hope that one finds oneself well, but one considers them much "... His steps in favour of an abbot succeeded, but he recommends from now on the discretion: "in this mistic labirinth of dogmas and exclusive virtues, there is almost no road that is practicable and the best is not to engage in it"... He ends with an anecdote about SIEYÈS and Bonaparte: "Scies said some time ago to Bonaparte that he found it inconvenient that he was going to occupy the lodging of Louis 16. That he could remember the 10th of August. If I had been Louis 16, said Bonaparte, I would still be Louis 16, and if I had been a priest, I would still be one.
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