BILLAUD-VARENNE JACQUES NICOLAS: (1756-1819) French Revolutionary, often considered a key architect of the period ...

BILLAUD-VARENNE JACQUES NICOLAS: (1756-1819) French Revolutionary, often considered a key architect of the period known as The Reign of Terror. Nicknamed ''Le Tigre'' (''The Tiger''). Billaud-Varenne was a member of the Committee of Public Safety, later sentenced to deportation to French Guiana after is involvement in the 12th Germinal insurrection (1st April 1795). A good A.L.S., Billaud Varenne, one page, 4to, Saint-Sever, 9th March 1794, to Pierre Charles Ruamps, in French. Billaud-Varenne congratulates his correspondent and states in part `..You have done right informing me without delay.. I think that it will be useful to hide this until I will be back to Paris.« further machinating and revealing his plan says `It will be wiser if the coup comes from a superior authority, moreover, with politics we can arrest and chain more and more of those people...Always watch...Their loss is close..« A letter of good content. With blank address leaf, to the Representative of people, army of Brest coast and Cherburg at Port Malo. Also bearing a red wax seal to the address leaf in fine condition. Edges slightly trimmed, although not affecting the text or signature. G £200-300