Antoine PARMENTIER Autograph letter signed Terror & devoted Public thing

  
Antoine PARMENTIER - Autographed letter signed - Terror & devotion Public affairs 1793. A precursor of food chemistry and agrobiology, he was a promoter of potato consumption and recognized for his work on the use of new foods during periods of famine and as a military pharmacist (playing a prominent role in the pharmaceutical organization of the health service under the Empire). Autographed letter signed to citizen Mouton, employed in the hospitals in Montdidier, Paris, 25 Frimaire Year 2 (15 December 1793), 1 p ¼ in 4. Small paper loss due to opening.

Parmentier's letter during the Revolution in the period of the Terror (members of the Agricultural Committee, including Parmentier, were declared suspicious on November 15, 1793), in which Parmentier affirms his national sentiments and recalls that his whole life has been directed towards public affairs. "I am very pleased, compatriot, to learn from you that the administration of the hospitals has found the opportunity to employ in the service entrusted to it a Republican so well known for his civic spirit, his knowledge, and his honesty; I congratulate myself on their choice of an excellent collaborator to whom it is unnecessary to recommend the interests of our brave brothers in arms: I only ask you to be the interpreter of all not only to the Popular Security of our common Fatherland; You know that the employment of almost my entire life has been directed towards public affairs.