Théophile BERLIER (Dijon/ Côte d'Or 1761 - Dijon 1844) Conve - Lot 449

Théophile BERLIER (Dijon/ Côte d'Or 1761 - Dijon 1844) Conventionnel de la COTE D'OR 1792, Président de la Convention Nationale 1795, Président du Conseil des Cinq-Cents. - Letter A.S. in Exile in BRUSSELS, June 22, 1824, to Mr. JACQUINOT DE PAMPELUNE Procureur du Roi au tribunal de 1ère Instance et Membre de la Chambre des Députés. 2pp in-8°: "Monsieur et Cher Compatriote. I honor your character too much to fear that distance and misfortune have erased from your memory a man to whom you once showed attachment, and who does not believe himself unworthy of it today: This man is me, who has come to ask you to do me a favor, the object of which will be explained to you by M. VILLIERS, my father-in-law.... My claim (for it is a claim recovery) although recognized as very legitimate by the administration, but touching the charge of the State or the city of Paris, is found to be, for the method of payment at the mercy of the authority and runs the risk of not being paid in a long time, if the Minister does not order that we put an end to this affair which has already dragged on for more than three years. Please obtain this order from him. This kind gesture, directed towards an act of justice, will fill me with the deepest gratitude..."