Jean-Baptiste Lacoste
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Jean-Baptiste Lacoste was a lawyer with Mauriac in department of the Cantal
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 Convention
National 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 France
Louis XVIII of France
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 exiled him, but rather quickly allowed him to return in France
France
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Sources

  • 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...

     of Jules Michelet
    Jules Michelet
    Jules 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
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