JOURNU-AUBERT (Bernard, Comte de Tustal) Bordeaux 1745-1815 - Lot 344

JOURNU-AUBERT (Bernard, Comte de Tustal) Bordeaux 1745-1815 - Merchant-Armateur; Elected on September 1, 1791, Député à la Législative par la GIRONDE, He belonged to the monarchist minority in this assembly; was a member of the Club des Feuillants; Senator year 8; Pair de France 1814 - Letter A.S. "JOURNU-AUBERT" to Mr LAFON Député à l'Assemblée Nationale, dated September 20, 1791. He leaves to take his seat in Paris: "I don't know, my dear colleague, who is to give us our credentials, or whether Mr. Barenne, as President and first party, will not be in charge of all of them. What occupies me no less at the moment is the means of obtaining Five-Pound Assignats to make the trip. I beg you to facilitate the means. I enclose herewith two Assignats of 200 and 300 for the amount of which I beg you to have them delivered to me. I am counting on your good will. I am leaving Sunday without fail. I don't know where I'll stay." 1p in-4°.