Jean-Baptiste Lacoste
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Jean-Baptiste Lacoste was a lawyer with Mauriac in department of the Cantal
, before French revolution
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for the department of the Cantal.
In 1792-3, he was Commissioner to the Army of the Moselle, under Pichegru.
After 9 Thermidor, however, he helped release Général Etienne de la Bruyère, imprisoned in Strasbourg for alleged treason, obtaining from the Committee of Public Safety, on 22 Thermidor (10 August 1794) a decree thus conceived:
The young representative announced to him this good news by letter:
In Alsace
, he created a revolutionary commission which was chaired by Euloge Schneider :fr:Euloge Schneider. That was worth a long captivity for him, which finishes thanks to the amnistice of the 3 brumaire, year IV, (25 October 1795).
exiled him, but rather quickly allowed him to return in France
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Cantal
Cantal is a department in south-central France. It is named after the Cantal mountain range, a group of extinct, eroded volcanic peaks, which covers much of the department. Residents are known as Cantaliens or Cantalous....
, before French revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
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Under the Revolution
In 1789, he was Justice of the Peace. In 1792, he was elected to the ConventionNational Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...
for the department of the Cantal.
In 1792-3, he was Commissioner to the Army of the Moselle, under Pichegru.
After 9 Thermidor, however, he helped release Général Etienne de la Bruyère, imprisoned in Strasbourg for alleged treason, obtaining from the Committee of Public Safety, on 22 Thermidor (10 August 1794) a decree thus conceived:
The young representative announced to him this good news by letter:
In Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
, he created a revolutionary commission which was chaired by Euloge Schneider :fr:Euloge Schneider. That was worth a long captivity for him, which finishes thanks to the amnistice of the 3 brumaire, year IV, (25 October 1795).
Under the Restoration
Louis XVIII of FranceLouis XVIII of France
Louis XVIII , known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815...
exiled him, but rather quickly allowed him to return in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- French revolutionFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
of Jules MicheletJules MicheletJules Michelet was a French historian. He was born in Paris to a family with Huguenot traditions.-Early life:His father was a master printer, not very prosperous, and Jules assisted him in the actual work of the press...
and handwritten Memorial of the family of La Bruyère