PRISONS. 8 letters or documents, 1794-1798. - Lot 246

PRISONS. 8 letters or documents, 1794-1798. 4 germinal II (March 24, 1794). Deliberation of the Paris Commune, signed by DORAT-CUBIÈRES, to arrest citizen Gency "who entered unjustifiably into different houses of arrest [...] to commit indecencies" (1 p. in-fol., vignette, Paris Commune letterhead). - Maison d'arrêt des Magdelonettes 28 prairial II (June 16, 1794), l.a.s. from Junius DUPÉROU (of the Section de Brutus), denouncing an intrigue against a member of the. Comité de Salut public, and the corruption of another member by "the faction of the Interior" (1 p. in-fol., traces of scotch tape). - Saint-Lazare prison 7 messidor II (June 25, 1794), l.a.s. from writer Pierre-Louis GINGUENÉ, protesting hisincarceration and recalling his conduct during the 1792 Federation (2 p. ½ in-4). - August 8, 1794-June 28, 1796, 3 documents concerning the arrest of the Comtesse de TURENNE: certificate from the warden of the Maison d'Arrêt de Rouen, Thermidor 21, II; extrait d'écrou du concierge de la Petite Force (cachet encre), Pluviôse 12, III; p.s. from Police Minister COCHON, Messidor 10, IV, striking the Comtesse de Turenne from the list of émigrés (vignette, tear). - 1793 or 1794], beautiful autograph letter from a prisoner to his sister: "death hovers over my head [...] the angel of death has just called for sixty victims"... (2 p. in-4). - 24 nivôse VI (13.I.1798), extrait du registre d'écrou de la Tour du Temple, emprisonnement de Louis SebastienChedde, prévenu de conspiration contre la sûreté intérieure de la République (1 p. in-fol., ink stamps). Attached is a ms. invoice from locksmith Noguier for putting irons on the feet of several prisoners of the Prison of Orange (July 22, 1791).