YEAR 8: "FERINO Divisional General, Commander of the 7th Mil - Lot 384

YEAR 8: "FERINO Divisional General, Commander of the 7th Military Division, and vested by decree of the Consuls, with Extraordinary Powers in the Departments of DROM, VAUCLUSE, BASSES-ALPES and ARDÈCHE." (Italian Army N°290). Additional letter to his Proclamation of the 9th germinal, from the H.Q. at AVIGNON (84) on 8 prairial year 8 (28 May 1800). to the President of the Military Commission - "THE TORRENT OF CRIMES which flooded these lands, determined and compelled the Government to prescribe prompt but just measures. The Commission, over which you preside, must reach only the guilty, and strike them with the sword of the Law with the swiftness required by the circumstances. Individuals caught in the bordering Departments where the Brigandage reigns, and who are or will be brought before the Military Commission, become subject to its jurisdiction...". Printed in AVIGNON (84), by the Military Commission Printing Office. Cupboard (42 x 53) State A