"ARMÉE DES BORDS DE LA LOIRE." NANTES (44) 18 Thermidor An 2 - Lot 389

"ARMÉE DES BORDS DE LA LOIRE." NANTES (44) 18 Thermidor An 2 (August 5, 1794). "In the name of the French People, Arrêté de BÔ le Représentant du Peuple, à NANTES, près l'Armée de l'Ouest & dans les départements en dépendants, s'étant fait rendu compte de la situation des approvisionnements en fourrages de l'Armée, il arrête: Art. 1) The District Administrations, will give new orders so that the Farmers of the National Domains pay, without any delay, the price of their Farm (product resulting from the goods of Émigrés), ..., by conforming nevertheless to the provisions of article 2 of the Law of January 11, 1793 (Old style). Art. 2) These same hays will be at the disposal of the Chief Agent of Army Subsistances, who will order their distribution to the Army's most penurious points...". - Printed in SAUMUR, by the Imprimerie Nationale, DEGOUY, district printer. Placard (52.5 x 42 cm) Condition B, lower part wet - Jean Baptiste BÔ (1743-1814) was a deputy in 1791 and a member of the Aveyron Convention. In the spring of 1794, BÔ was sent with Bouchotte to Loire-Inférieure and Vendée, where they succeeded the famous Carrier.