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VINCENT FRANCOIS-NICOLAS: (1766/67-1794) - VINCENT FRANCOIS-NICOLAS: (1766/67-1794) French radical, Secretary General of the War Ministry in the First French Republic, a significant figure in the French Revolution and a prominent member of the Hebertist faction. Guillotined. L.S., Vincent , one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris), 27 th June 1793, in French. Vincent writes, in full, 'Laisser Tisson chef d'un bataillon de volontaires nomme gal. de brigade dans un autre armee. A quelle armee Pille adjutant general est-il employe?' (Translation: 'Leave Tisson, leader of a battalion of volunteers named Gal. Brigade, in another army. In which army is Pille, adjutant general, employed?' ). A manuscript note in an unidentified hand, made in response to Vincent's instructions and enquiry, appears in the left margin. Autographs of Vincent are scarce as a result of his execution by guillotine at the age of 27 having been tried and found guilty, along with fellow Hebertists, of conspiring in an attempt to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety and ensure the reestablishment of the monarchy. Some light age wear and a few minor stains to the lower edge, otherwise VG