MARAT JEAN-PAUL : (1743-1793)

MARAT JEAN-PAUL : (1743-1793) French Political Theorist, Scientist and radical Journalist during the French Revolution, advocating for basic human rights for the poorest, and publishing on his periodical L´Ami du Peuple (''The People´s Friend''). Marat was assassinated in 1793 and became a revolutionary martyr to the Jacobins. Extremely rare A.N., two pages, clipped 5.5 x 3.5 piece, n.p.[Paris], n.d.[1790], in French. The document being apparently the text of a journal article by Marat, largely crossed and with numerous amendments, stating in part `Boucher D´Argis, counsellor at the Chatelet..has ordered to arrest..near the Palais street St Barthelemy the citizen called Claude Bourelat…old-man, peddler, having shouted..l´Ami du Peuple..´ further saying `..We could believe that having forgotten his duties as judge, belittle himself and goes personally to look for the guard and in person orders to arrest this unfortunate sexagenarian and take him to the police committee at the St Barthelemi district. He has been inspected and deprived of his belongings..´ To the verso showing a written text which could correspond to an order of purchase. Together with Anne Félicité Colombe, Marat´s collaborator in the journal, one page, 6 x 5.5 sheet, 1791, to the Mayor of Paris, Sylvain Bailly. Colombe is imprisoned for ten days now at the Abbaye, and has not been interrogated yet and asks the Mayor´s help stating in part `Please respond to my request which is fair and is part of your principles..´ Accompanied by the envelope page bearing a red wax seal. Also including a rare A.L.S., by M. Panier, two pages, oblong 4to, to Jean Paul Marat. Panier, in his capacity as Mayor of Verduns-le-Doux asks Marat to send him all the copies of the journal he is missing, also stating `And also to know the reasons for this very long suspension of the publishing of the journal which made me feel fear for the author´s safety. I have not received any response..´ The edition of the journal L´Ami du Peuple was several times interrupted due to Marat´s absence as he had to hide himself pushed by his enemies. Accompanied by the envelope page bearing remnants of a red wax seal addressed to Monsieur Marat. G £1000-1200 The text of this document was published on the l´Ami du Peuple journal, number 95, 12th January 1790, entitled Scandaleuse (`Scandalous´) André-Jean Boucher d'Argis (1750-1794) French Lawyer and Counselor at the Chatelet. He was one of the first denouncing Marat´s articles in the l´Ami du Peuple..