THREE IMPORTANT FRENCH REVOLUTION DOCUMENTS, SIGNED:

(1) EXTRAIT DES REGISTRES DU COMITÉ DE SALUT PUBLIC DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE...l'an deuxième de la République française une et indivisible... [Extract of the Committee for Public Safety...1793-1794].

Single-fold 4-page document, 8.75x13 inches, printed and manuscript, written on 3 pages (front and inner two pages.

SIGNED by FIVE MEMBERS of the Powerful Committee:

Lazare CARNOT, Jean-Marie COLLOT D'HERBOIS, Jacques-Nicolas BILLAUD-VARENNE, Pierre Louis PRIEUR, and Robert LINDET.

GOOD condition, soiling, toning, edgewear, corner creases and wear, horizontal creases from being folded to a small size; still solid with writing that is bright and legible throughout. Brilliant signatures.

(2) LÉGION D'HONNEUR / Paris, 1814

À MONSIEUR LIEUTENANT GÉNÉRAL COMTE BELLIARD, GRAND CORDON DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR.

Official document awarding the Legion of Honor Grand Cross to Lieutenant General COUNT BELLIARD. SIGNED illegibly. Paper document, 7.5x12 inches oblong, printed and manuscript on one side only.

GOOD condition: some creasing, soiling and toning, still solid, bright and clear.

The Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor, aka the Grand Cross, is the highest award that France can bestow upon a citizen.

(3) REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / DEPARTEMENT DE LA GUERRE...l'an 10 de la République française une et indivisible [1801-1802].

MANUSCRIPT LETTER on official MINISTER OF THE WAR letterhead, SIGNED by ALEXANDRE BERTHIER, the Minister of War, to his brother GENERAL LEOPOLD BERTHIER.

Single-fold 4-page document, 8.5x12 inches, printed and manuscript, letter written on the front page, addressee information on the back of the last page.

FAIR condition, the single-fold document is completely split at the fold, there is soiling, toning, edgewear, corner creases and wear, and horizontal creases from being folded to a small size; still complete (though split) with writing that is bright and legible throughout.

********************************** About the French Revolution SIGNERS of these documents (from Wikipedia):

JEAN-MARIE COLLOT D'HERBOIS aka "The Butcher of Lyon", b.1749 d.1796, was a French revolutionary. He was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror, and was responsible for the execution of more than 2,000 people in the city of Lyon.

LAZARE CARNOT, b.1753 d.1823, was a French mathematician, physicist, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution.

JACQUES-NICOLAS BILLAUD-VARENNE, b.1756 d.1819, aka "The Tiger", was a French lawyer and a major figure in the French Revolution. He was one of the most militant members of the Committee of Public Safety, and is considered a key architect of the REIGN OF TERROR.

PIERRE LOUIS PRIEUR, b.1756 d.1827, was a French lawyer. During the French Revolution he served as a member of the Committee of Public Safety. He voted for the death of King Louis XVI.

JEAN-BAPTISTE ROBERT LINDET, b.1746 d.1825, was a French politician of the Revolutionary period. Lindet refused to sign the order for the execution of Danton and members of his party. When asked why, he replied: "I am here to protect citizens, and not to murder them".

AUGUSTIN DANIEL BELLIARD / COMTE BELLIARD, b.1769 d.1832 in Brussels, was a French general who was awarded the Grand Cordon [Grand Cross) of the Legion of Honor (Highest Order of the Legion of Honour) in 1814. Louis XVIII awarded him the title Peer of France.

LOUIS-ALEXANDRE ALEXANDRE BERTHIER, b.1753 d.1815, was a French military commander during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He was twice Minister of War and served as chief of staff to Napoleon Bonaparte. Berthier died by either suicide or murder shortly before the Battle of Waterloo.

VICTOR LÉOPOLD BERTHIER, b.1770 d.1807, was a French general of the Revolution and Empire. His brother was Louis-Alexandre Alexandre Berthier.