DEUX-SÈVRES. EMPIRE 1814. WHITE TERROR. VENDÉE: PROCLAMATION - Lot 372

DEUX-SÈVRES. EMPIRE 1814. WHITE TERROR. VENDÉE: PROCLAMATION by Count BOISSY D'ANGLAS, Senator, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, Special Commissioner of His Imperial and Royal Majesty (Napoleon), in the 12th Military Division, to the good people of the Departments of DEUX-SÈVRES, VENDÉE and LOIRE INFÉRIEURE (44). - Given at LA ROCHELLE, February 2, 1814: "A handful of Brigands oppress you, and you remain motionless!... We warn all men who form Séditieuses bands, who troop into houses to be given food, weapons and munitions of war, or who assemble...that they are criminals against the State...We order the culprits to be seized and brought before the courts, to be punished as Rebels." - Printed in NIORT, by Élies, Printer to the Prefecture - Folder (41 x 53) Condition A