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Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde (1756 in Chartres – 1841 in Paris) came into the public spotlight in the early stages of the French Revolution. he was already a respected lawyer in Paris, when in 1789, when the Estates General were convoked, he published a hopeful Théorie des états généraux ou la France régénérée. He distinguished himself by his moral courage under the Reign of Terror. He had to defend the moderate Girondins, in particular Jacques Pierre Brissot, his fellow countryman from Chartres, was two years older. He took on the defense of Marie Antoinette, which occasioned a zeal that attracted the suspicions of the Comité de sûreté générale; once sentence had been pronounced on the Queen, he was summoned to appear before the committee, accused of having defended the Queen all too well; he managed to justify his actions. Here is a two sided hand written letter signed by him and also a signature cut added to a bookplate. Suggested bid $200