FRENCH REVOLUTION / MAUGES / WAR IN THE VENDÉE / CONSCRIPTIO - Lot 94

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FRENCH REVOLUTION / MAUGES / WAR IN THE VENDÉE / CONSCRIPTIO - Lot 94
FRENCH REVOLUTION / MAUGES / WAR IN THE VENDÉE / CONSCRIPTION / ANGERS. Decree issued by Francastel, Representative of the People to the Army of the West. Issued in Angers, on the 8th of Pluviôse, Year II of the French Republic (January 27, 1794). Poster (45 x 36 cm) printed in Angers by the Imprimerie Nationale at Mame, the Departmental Printer. Decree by Antoine-Louis Albitte and Jean-Baptiste Francastel concerning the first conscription order and denouncing young men who seek to evade enlistment. The text threatens negligent municipalities, equates hidden draft dodgers with émigrés, and calls on all citizens, in the name of public safety, to report violations and statements intended to incite unrest. Signed Francastel. Central typographic frieze. Pencil note, yellowed creases from handling, slight water stain, damage along the edges.
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