Dominique Joseph GARAT (Bayonne (64) 1749 - 1833). Deputy fo - Lot 380

Dominique Joseph GARAT (Bayonne (64) 1749 - 1833). Deputy for Labourd at the Estates-General of 1789. In 1792, he succeeded Danton at the Ministry of Justice, where he refused to condemn the perpetrators of the September massacres, but notified Louis XVI of the indictment and the arrest of the Girondins. He narrowly escaped the guillotine. After 18 Brumaire, he was made Senator and Count of the Empire - Letter A.S. "Le Sénateur GARAT, à son Collègue Jean Frédéric PERREGAUX, Banquier et Sénateur. Paris 18 Prairial An 13 (June 7, 1805). 1 page in-4°: "I am leaving at this very moment for Switzerland, Mon Cher Collègue; and I am leaving very distressed not to have seen you as I had intended for several days. It is my nephew Francisque GARAT who will deliver this letter to you. Please accept the 1,000 francs he brings you, and write to your Maison de Neufchâtel to deliver the same sum to me when I come to collect it. You will also oblige me by sending me, poste restante to Neufchâtel, a letter of credit of twelve hundred francs for some House in either Berne or one of the main towns in Western Switzerland. It's very likely that I won't use it, but I may need it. Adieu, be well..."