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[FRENCH REVOLUTION ASSOCIATION]. DUC DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE, Jules-Charles-Henri (1720-1794). Autograph Letter Signed. [France], July 2, 1788. Folio on 1 folio sheet on laid paper (faint watermark) of Clermont-Tonnerre’s official stationery. Signed at lower right “Le duc de Tonnerre”. Letter was delivered by courier. Approximately 15 ¼ x 10”. 1 vertical and 3 horizontal creases, some edgewear, a few short creased marginal tears, document is foxed. Good. Clermont-Tonnere was the Lieutenant-General of the king’s armies and the Commander-in-Chief of the Dauphine province. He died by guillotine on July 26, 1794 during the “Reign of Terror.”