GREGOIRE HENRI: (1750-1831)

GREGOIRE HENRI: (1750-1831) Also known as Abbé Grégoire (''Abbot Gregoire''). French Catholic Priest, Abolitionist and revolutionary Leader, appointed President of the Convention. Rare D.S., Gregoire, one page, folio, 27th November 1792, to Lecointre-Puyraveaux, in French. The partially printed document being a passport, bearing the Convention heading, and countersigned by members of the Convention Barrère and Mailhe. With a paper seal affixed. VG £300-400 Gregoire is well remembered for his memorable speech in the first session of the National Convention, 21st September 1792, stating `Kings are in morality what monsters are in the world of nature´. Two months after Gregoire delivered a speech demanding that King Louis XVI be brought to trial and immediately after was elected President of the Convention, over which he presided in his episcopal dress. Abbé Gregoire attempted to save the life of the monarch by proposing that the death penalty should be suspended.