Jean-Nicolas PACHE (1746–1823) Minister of War (October 18, - Lot 266

Jean-Nicolas PACHE (1746–1823) Minister of War (October 18, 1792, to February 2, 1793), then Mayor of Paris – Letter signed “PACHE,” Mayor of PARIS - Paris, 13 Brumaire, Year II (November 3, 1793) – To Citizen JOURDEUIL, Deputy Minister of War: “Citizen, I would be grateful if you could help me resolve the agonizing uncertainty of a loving father regarding the fate of his son, whom he has already been told had his arm severed while fighting in the 3rd Battalion of PARIS, Moselle Army, Vauges Corps, under the command of General Moreau, the army’s vanguard, and who is currently at the hospital in Bitche, so that I may receive news of him...”

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