GENERAL SECURITY COMMITTEE - Lot 83

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GENERAL SECURITY COMMITTEE - Lot 83
GENERAL SECURITY COMMITTEE Circular Regarding the Lifting of Surveillance on Citizens. Paris, Year II of the Republic (1794). Important handwritten circular letter, one quarto page, addressed to the citizens, brothers, and friends of the Section des Quinze-Vingts, conveying the decisions of the Committee of General Security regarding the removal from surveillance of citizens previously placed under surveillance. The document announces the dispatch of: the list approved by the Committee of General Security of citizens to be removed from surveillance in the section; two copies of the corresponding decree; as well as the lifting of the surveillance measures imposed on them. The recipients are instructed to implement these provisions immediately and to report on their implementation without delay. This document illustrates the practical functioning of the Parisian Sections and the Revolutionary Committees in the aftermath of the Reign of Terror, when many citizens were gradually removed from the lists of suspects following decisions by the Convention and the Committee of General Security. One quarto-sized page on laid paper. Numerous handwritten signatures of Committee members. Traces of old moisture in the lower portion, without affecting the text. A few small marginal losses and original creases. Autographs The document bears several autograph signatures of Committee members, notably including: Dupré, secretary; Ramond (or Ramont), Committee member; several other signatures that would require individual identification by cross-referencing with the autograph registers of the Committee of General Security. Historical Significance The Committee of General Security, established in 1792, was, along with the Committee of Public Safety, one of the main bodies of the revolutionary government. Responsible for political policing, the surveillance of suspects, and the execution of arrests, it played a central role during the Reign of Terror. After Thermidor, it participated in the review of lists of suspects and the release of numerous detainees. The handwritten circulars sent to the Parisian sections to notify them of the removal of citizens under surveillance are significantly rarer than the printed texts of the Convention and provide direct insight into the administrative workings of the revolutionary capital.
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