COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: A good D.S., by seven members of the Committee of Public Safety, one page, folio, 18th ...

COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY: A good D.S., by seven members of the Committee of Public Safety, one page, folio, 18th August 1794, in French. The document, bearing an attractive vignette of the ''French Republic - Commité de Salut Public'' to the heading, is an order issued to release citizen Thecle-Pieters, a woman who had been arrested, stating in part `The Committee of Public Safety, orders that Citizen Thecle-Pieters, spouse of Citizen Douche, arrested at the Pélagie house-arrest, will be here and now released, and the handcuffs, if they were used, will be taken off on the receipt of this order..´ Boldly signed at the base by seven members of the Committee of Public Safety, comprising Lazare Carnot (1753-1823) French Physicist and politician. Known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars; Jean-Baptiste Robert Lindet (1746-1825) Lindet is best remembered for his response to Saint-Just, only few months before signing the present letter, when he refused to sign the arrest decree against Danton, stating `Je suis ici pour secourir les citoyens, non pour tuer les patriotes´ (''I am here to rescue the citizens, not to kill patriots''); Jean-Jacques Bréard (1751-1840) President of the National Convention in 1793; Joseph Eschasseriaux (1753-1824); Pierre-Antoine Lalloy (1749-1846); Jean-Baptiste Treilhard (1742-1810) Minister and President of the National Convention 1792-93, and Jacques Alexis Thuriot (1753-1829) President of the National Convention in 1793. Small overall age wear, mostly to edges, and creasing to the upper right corner, otherwise G