Louis-François-Joseph de Bourbon, prince of CONTI (1734-1814) lieutenant-general, deputy of the nobility, he emigrated then returned to France, and was imprisoned at Fort St Jean in Marseille. L.A.S., at Fort St Jean in Marseille July 31, 1793, to the Citizens Representatives; 1 page large in-fol.
Letter from his prison in Marseille. [Although he had taken the civic oath in 1790, the prince of Conti had been arrested in April 1793. He protests here his innocence]. "I respect, as I must, the great affairs which occupy you, but it would be a denial of justice, not to pronounce on my fate, which does not require a long discussion [...] my health weakens every day [...] I was put in prison without having committed any offence [...] I was questioned last May 6, I am not guilty, and am however still in prison. [... I will never persuade myself, citizens Representatives, that you want to make me perish in prison, where, it is of any injustice to retain me. I claim, and will claim as long as I exist, full and complete freedom"... He signs: "Louis François Joseph Bourbon cy devant Conty".
Attached is an "Extrait de l'interrogatoire des Princes à Marseille" (period copy; 3 pages in-4, répar.), with the interrogation of the prince, his wife and their sons aged 13 and 17 years; and a l.a.s. of January 7, 1797.
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