Boulogne. A
Paris: chez les principaux libraires; et à
Lyon: chez Garnier, place de la Comédie, N
o. 18. Premier germinal an
xii
(
1804).
First Edition. 32 leaves. Dated at the end from Lyon, ce I.
er floréal an 12; list of
fautes et omissions on the last page.
A presentation inscription cut away from the upper margin of the title leaf, leaving only the lower part of the word Jefferson.
Jean Gabriel Maurice Roques, Comte de Montgaillard, 1761-1841, French political agent and writer, received a salary from Napoleon for reports on political questions and for
pamphlets written to help the imperial policy.
This pamphlet was omitted from his list by Jefferson, but is numbered 10 by the binder on the title-page.
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10.
Discours par General Moreau au tribunal criminel.
Paris.
MOREAU,
Jean Victor Marie.
Discours prononcé par le Général Moreau, au tribunal criminel spécial du Départment de la Seine. A
Paris: chez
Lebour [de l’Imprimerie de
Clousier] n.d. [?
1803]
4 leaves, printer’s imprint at the end.
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, 1763-1813, French general, was arrested for supposed intrigues against Napoleon and banished. He lived for some time in
Morrisville, New Jersey. For his Mémoire justificative see no. 2873.
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11.
Justification of Moreau.
Norfolk.
1804.
MOREAU,
Jean Victor Marie.
Justification of General Moreau, from a charge of conspiracy; exhibited against him by the imperial Republick of France. Translated by Geo. L. Gray.
Norfolk: printed and published at the office of the
Publick Ledger,
1804.
28 leaves including the last blank.
Sent to Jefferson by the translator, George L. Gray, who wrote from Alexandria on December 17, 1804: “. . . Hoping that there may be something in the Justification of an illustrious man, which may deserve your attention, I take
the liberty of requesting your acceptance of the Defence of the General Moreau . . .”
For the original French text, and Jefferson’s opinion of Moreau, see no. 2873.
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12.
Seconde Rapport du Grand Juge relatif au nommé Drake.
Second Rapport du Grand-Juge, relatif aux trames du nommé Drake, ministre d’Angleterre à Munich, et du nommé Spencer-Smith,
minister d’Angleterre à Stutgard, contre la France et le Premier Consul.
[A
Paris: de
l’Imprimerie de la République. Germinal, an
12.] [1804.]
26 leaves including the last blank, caption title, no title-page. The Rapport, signed
Regnier and dated from
Paris, le 20 germinal an 12, finishes on page 12, and is followed by a number of reports and copies of letters.
In the upper margin of the first page are the remains of an autograph inscription.
Claude Antoine Régnier, 1736-1814, député from Nancy in the Constituante and the Anciens, was named
grand juge in 1802 and later minister of justice.
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