Jean-Marie ROLAND de la Platière (1734-1793) politician, min - Lot 215

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Jean-Marie ROLAND de la Platière (1734-1793) politician, min - Lot 215
Jean-Marie ROLAND de la Platière (1734-1793) politician, minister of the Interior in 1792, he committed suicide upon learning of his wife's arrest. L.A.S., Paris September 1792, to the Attorney General of the department of Lot et Garonne; 2 pages in-fol. On the political situation.... "I distrust my strength and I fear to succumb under the burden with which I am charged, if they are not corroborated by the assent and the cooperation of the administrative bodies. The circumstances in which we find ourselves are difficult. On all sides the social bonds are threatened, and we can only prevent their tearing apart by the exact observance of the Laws. I claim, in the name of the fatherland, the assistance of all the authorities to ensure the execution of these laws"...
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