AN 2. HAUTE-SAÔNE. Extract from the Registers of the Departm - Lot 296

AN 2. HAUTE-SAÔNE. Extract from the Registers of the Department of Haute-Saône. Public session of the 1st Ventôse year 2 (February 19, 1794) - Execution of a Decree ordering the repair of the roads & bridges of the Republic. "It is important to the public thing that the work be carried out with the greatest celerity, since the success of our arms depends on it... The Districts will requisition workers, cars, horses, oxen, materials, tools... Every fortnight Members of the Department will go on the roads to press the works, supervise them, & animate the workers at work, from all of which they will draw up a report...". Printed in VESOUL, at J. B. Poirson, Printer of the Department of Haute-Saône. Cupboard (46 x 36) State A