Antoine-François, marquis de bertrand de molleville (1744-18 - Lot 205

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Antoine-François, marquis de bertrand de molleville (1744-18 - Lot 205
Antoine-François, marquis de bertrand de molleville (1744-1818) minister of the Navy, and supporter of the Monarchy. Autograph note, February 7, 1792; 1page in-4. Defense of Louis XVI's dignity before the National Assembly. "Yesterday evening, the King communicated to the ministers a letter that the President of the National Assembly had sent to him by a bailiff, and whose protocol, as indecent as it had been, had seemed to merit attention. I could not see in this insult to the Royal Majesty, that a continuation of the project formed davilir the throne more and more, and the announcement of outrages even more serious if that it was tolerated, I consequently wrote this morning to the King to propose to him to address to the National Assembly the following letter. Messieurs la dignité nationale dont le depôt mest confié, est inseparable de la dignité de la Couronne, il n'est aucune circonstance ou je puisse y renoncer, je vous renvoye la lettre que M. The Constitution has determined the forms of correspondence between the National Assembly and the King. I must not and will not receive from the National Assembly anything other than messages or decrees, and for the egards due to me I shall defer to the feelings that the French people have always shown for their Kings"...
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