JEAN MARIE COLLOT D'HERBOISE AND LAZARE CARNOT

JEAN MARIE COLLOT D'HERBOISE AND LAZARE CARNOT
JEAN MARIE COLLOT D'HERBOISE (1749-1796) French actor, dramatist and revolutionary, president of the National Convention, administered the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of Lyon during the Reign of Terror. LAZARE CARNOT (1753-1823) leading member of the Committee for General Defense and of the Committee of Public Safety. Good content L.S. `Carnot' and `Collot d'Herbois', 2pp. legal folio, Paris, Oct. 24, 1793 to Choisneau & Lenchere, suppliers of artillery horses, in French. Carnot and Collot d'Herbois in their capacity as members of the Committee of Public Safety support a request received by their correspondent but at the same time warn `...we have never been able to obtain the full and real figures of the company and activity in order to establish what would be a fair amount to be paid to you, and you have always been requesting payments on account based on simple receipts. This situation has to stop from now on...' Small corner chip and some mounting remnants, else very good.