FRÉCINE (Augustin Lucie) 1751-1804 - LOIR ET CHER Convention - Lot 309

FRÉCINE (Augustin Lucie) 1751-1804 - LOIR ET CHER Conventionnel - People's Representative to the SAMBRE-ET-MEUSE Army Représentant du Peuple près l'Armée de SAMBRE-ET-MEUSE (People's Representative to the SAMBRE-ET-MEUSE Army); he followed PICHEGRU's operations, and was present at the Capture of MAESTRICHT (14 Brumaire An 3 / 4 Novembre 1794) during the Conquest of HOLLAND. - A.S. bill dated BRUMAIRE 14, Year 3, received in COLOGNE on Brumaire 17, Year 3 (November 7, 1794) - the day of the CAPITULATION OF MAESTRICHT - "ARETH, I announce to you that MAESTRICHT will be returned to us immediately. THE CAPITULATION IS ABOUT TO BE SIGNED. All hostilities cease. The capitulation will be the same as that of VALENCIENNES and CONDÉ. I'll join you on the 16th. I must see this unfortunate city, which has been cruelly overheated. Give my love to our friends in the Arts." - 1p in-8° - (MAESTRICHT (Holland) was, in vain, bombarded by the French in 1793. KLÉBER took it the following year, and from 1795 to 1814 it became the capital of the MEUSE-INFÉRIEURE Department).