HÉRAULT. BROWN The Government Commissioner to the administra - Lot 378

HÉRAULT. BROWN The Government Commissioner to the administration of the Department of the Herault... to all Frenchmen of this Department who are in a position to bear arms. - Done at MONTPELLIER on 29th Ventôse year 8 (20th March 1800) "Citizens, The Campaign will open. It is our enemies who, pushing back the olive tree of Peace, force us to take up arms again. The first CONSUL (Bonaparte) calls you to the honor of supporting his efforts to assure France, the whole of Europe, peace and happiness, of which eight years of hostilities seemed to have deprived them forever..." - Printed in MONTPELLIER, at Bonnariq, Félix Avignon, and Migueyron, printers. Cupboard (55 x 44) State B