Bidspirit auction | TALLIEN JEAN-LAMBERT: (1767-1820)

TALLIEN JEAN-LAMBERT: (1767-1820) - TALLIEN JEAN-LAMBERT: (1767-1820) French politician of the revolutionary period. Initially an active agent of the Reign of Terror, Tallien eventually clashed with its leader Maximilien Robespierre, and is best known as one of the key figures of the Thermidorian Reaction that led to the downfall of Robespierre and the end of the Terror. L.S., Tallien, Sec [étai] re greff [ie] r, one page, 4to, Paris, 2nd September 1792, to a gentleman, on the attractive printed stationery of the Secrétaire-Greffier of the Municipality of Paris, in French. Tallien writes, in full, ´Je vous fais parvenir Monsieur l´arrêté que vient de prendre le Conseil général de la commune de paris relatif à la construction des fours que vous avez proposé. Cet objet vient d´être adopté. Je m´empresse de vous en donner connaissance´ (Translation: ´I am sending you, Sir, the resolution just adopted by the General Council of the Municipality of Paris concerning the construction of the furnaces you proposed. This matter has just been approved. I am keen to bring this to your attention´ ). VG