SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE. 1799. "L'Administration Centrale du Départem - Lot 257

SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE. 1799. "L'Administration Centrale du Département de SAÔNE-ET-LOIRE, à ses Concitoyens." Session of 15 Germinal An 7 (4 April 1799). "Citizens, you have just exercised YOUR RIGHTS OF SOVEREIGNTY; you have entrusted the organs of your will with the renewal of your Legislators, your judges, your administrators; you have, so to speak, placed in their hands, your fortune, your existence, your happiness, your liberty.... Your representatives.... will keep out of office the vile partisan of royalism, as well as the bloodthirsty supporter of anarchy; they will know how to direct their choices towards men of probity, enlightened, virtuous, disinterested, friends of order, sincerely attached to the Constitution of the Year III, and jealous to contribute to its consolidation...". Vignette with angels "République Française" frieze of Phrygian bonnets. Printed in MACON, by J. Galand, Printer to the Central Administration, An VII. Cupboard (51 x 39) Condition A.