Days of OCTOBER 1789. L.A.S. from Ursule RILLIET de PLANTA, - Lot 68

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Days of OCTOBER 1789. L.A.S. from Ursule RILLIET de PLANTA, - Lot 68
Days of OCTOBER 1789. L.A.S. from Ursule RILLIET de PLANTA, Paris October 7, 1789, to Léonard-André Du Cloux, merchant in Geneva; 3 pages in-4, address. A new revolt has put terror and sadness in people's hearts: "the poissardes and the vilest scoundrels of Paris", paid by the King's enemies, have seized the weapons at the Hôtel de Ville and have moved to the castle: "several bodyguards have been killed the King came on a balcony to ask them for grace for these guards that he would grant them all that he would ask"... M. de La Fayette arrived in time to save the Guards from the slaughter, but they asked that the whole royal family come to Paris, and they all came like prisoners, followed by people who carried the heads of the Guards on pikes: "Look, I'm not a royalist, on the contrary, I'm a republican like a rabid woman... well, I cried like a child over their situation when I was told about it, and I've had a heavy heart ever since. It is this Duke of Orleans who foments all this against the King to take his place Mr. de Mirabeau also helps him, I hate them and despise them with all my heart I am angry because I thought Mirabeau corrected and become an honest man it is very unfortunate that the spirit and the lights are the share of such a despicable subject "...
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