FOUQUIER-TINVILLE ANTOINE QUENTIN: (1746-1795) French Revolutionary and Prosecutor during the Revolu...

FOUQUIER-TINVILLE ANTOINE QUENTIN: (1746-1795) French Revolutionary and Prosecutor during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods. Sentenced to death and guillotined. Rare L.S., A.Q. Fouquier, one page, large 4to., Paris, 24th January 1794, to the post mail directors and administrators, in French. Fouquier is crossed and surprised to see that a parcel sent to him has not been delivered yet, and that they request his presence to collect it in person, stating in part `..You should not ignore that the public functions I am in charge of cannot match with my continuous trips to collect the large number of parcels sent to me..´ Fouquier-Tinville recommends his correspondents to send him the parcels and threat them with a lawsuit. With blank integral leaf, and watermark. VG £800-1200