Jacques-Nicolas BILLAUD-VARENNE. 1756-1819. Member of the Co - Lot 290

Jacques-Nicolas BILLAUD-VARENNE. 1756-1819. Member of the Convention. L.A.S. to citoyen Billaud (From prison on the island of Oléron), 6 floréal an 3 (April 25, 1795). 1 p. in-4, apostilles. Letter to the revolutionary's father, in which Billaud-Varenne requests that he be sent "if possible (...) books such as a few volumes of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire, some caffé and sugar. If you have received any news from my wife, I would be greatly obliged if you would give me some (...), send us the newspapers (...). Apostille of recommendation from the commander of the Ile d'Oléron for the dispatch of mail. Billaut-Varenne and Collot d'Herbois, both sentenced to deportation, were transferred to the island of Oléron after Germinal 12, before being shipped to Cayenne on Prairial 2. Former Charavay Collection