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OTTO Louis-Guillaume (1754-1817)
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OTTO Louis-Guillaume (1754-1817)
4 L.A. and 1 L.A.S., to Luxembourg brumaire-frimaire [II: November 1793], to his wife Fanny OTTO| 15 pages in-4, addresses (the 1st with Luxembourg postmark).Letters from prison. Attached is a birth certificate of his daughter Sophie-Adélaïde Letters from prison.
[Otto had married in 1790 in the United States, where he was secretary of legation, América-Frances, known as "Fanny" de Crèvecoeur. Appointed by the Committee of Public Safety to the political direction of Foreign Relations, he was arrested after the fall of the Girondins, and narrowly escaped the guillotine]. 13 Brumaire (November 3, 1793). "You will have been informed yesterday evening, that by way of security, I have been placed under arrest. I have every reason to believe that it will only be for a few days. This is followed by a list of items he will need: sheets, nightcaps, shirts, ties, handkerchiefs, woollen stockings, frock coat, slippers, towels, knife, wooden cutlery, the Questions on the Encyclopaedia.
26 brumaire (16 November). Description of the visitors to the Luxembourg garden, who have come "to pay a tribute to tenderness," some shedding tears over the prisoners. "Consoled you tender companions of misfortune - the days of tyranny are no more| a just and equitable government hastens to wipe away the tears of so many unhappy people - soon your husbands will forget in your arms the troubles of absence."
28 brumaire (November 18). He fears for the health of his beloved wife, and thinks of the day when he will be able again to tighten it in his arms: "I will be husband more tender, son more respectful, father more attentive| finally I hope that in all the reports I will be better. [...] My enemies, no matter how many or how malignant, will certainly not take away from me the delight of my triumphant return to the bosom of my family| it will undoubtedly be the happiest day of my life"... In the meantime, the Encyclopaedia will be of great help to him: "By dint of feeding my mind, I make the attacks of my heart less violent".
30 brumaire-1er frimaire (20-21 November). He asks for a knife to crush the colors... "Here are 18 days well counted, that I have already spent in prison, habit comes to the rescue of reason| I begin to make my little arrangements for the winter, but I foresee that my stay here will be a little expensive. I have no idea what the result of the examination of my papers will be| I am almost tempted to believe that they have not been examined.
2 frimaire (22 November). Evocation of their tender reunion from afar: "All my soul being, so to speak, enclosed in my spyglass, I measure with a sort of vanity (quite excusable I think) the majestic size of my Fanny| your finery, your walk, your gestures, nothing escapes my avid eye and I drink in long draughts of the enchanting hope of no longer being condemned to leer at my wife.
[...] husband, I am reduced to considering as the greatest of all consolations the advantage of greeting you at a distance of 50 or 60 toises".
4 L.A. and 1 L.A.S., to Luxembourg brumaire-frimaire [II: November 1793], to his wife Fanny OTTO| 15 pages in-4, addresses (the 1st with Luxembourg postmark).Letters from prison. Attached is a birth certificate of his daughter Sophie-Adélaïde Letters from prison.
[Otto had married in 1790 in the United States, where he was secretary of legation, América-Frances, known as "Fanny" de Crèvecoeur. Appointed by the Committee of Public Safety to the political direction of Foreign Relations, he was arrested after the fall of the Girondins, and narrowly escaped the guillotine]. 13 Brumaire (November 3, 1793). "You will have been informed yesterday evening, that by way of security, I have been placed under arrest. I have every reason to believe that it will only be for a few days. This is followed by a list of items he will need: sheets, nightcaps, shirts, ties, handkerchiefs, woollen stockings, frock coat, slippers, towels, knife, wooden cutlery, the Questions on the Encyclopaedia.
26 brumaire (16 November). Description of the visitors to the Luxembourg garden, who have come "to pay a tribute to tenderness," some shedding tears over the prisoners. "Consoled you tender companions of misfortune - the days of tyranny are no more| a just and equitable government hastens to wipe away the tears of so many unhappy people - soon your husbands will forget in your arms the troubles of absence."
28 brumaire (November 18). He fears for the health of his beloved wife, and thinks of the day when he will be able again to tighten it in his arms: "I will be husband more tender, son more respectful, father more attentive| finally I hope that in all the reports I will be better. [...] My enemies, no matter how many or how malignant, will certainly not take away from me the delight of my triumphant return to the bosom of my family| it will undoubtedly be the happiest day of my life"... In the meantime, the Encyclopaedia will be of great help to him: "By dint of feeding my mind, I make the attacks of my heart less violent".
30 brumaire-1er frimaire (20-21 November). He asks for a knife to crush the colors... "Here are 18 days well counted, that I have already spent in prison, habit comes to the rescue of reason| I begin to make my little arrangements for the winter, but I foresee that my stay here will be a little expensive. I have no idea what the result of the examination of my papers will be| I am almost tempted to believe that they have not been examined.
2 frimaire (22 November). Evocation of their tender reunion from afar: "All my soul being, so to speak, enclosed in my spyglass, I measure with a sort of vanity (quite excusable I think) the majestic size of my Fanny| your finery, your walk, your gestures, nothing escapes my avid eye and I drink in long draughts of the enchanting hope of no longer being condemned to leer at my wife.
[...] husband, I am reduced to considering as the greatest of all consolations the advantage of greeting you at a distance of 50 or 60 toises".