About “Letter from Saint-just to Maximilien Robespierre”

[hoald.livejournal.com]

 

Rapport, 16 Nivôse an III
Links : letter
Title : “Lettre de St. Just à Robespierre”
“19 Août 1790”
“Signé St. Just”

The date of the letter : 19 August 1790
Signature : St. just

It seems that the French usually not use “St. just”, the English usually use “St. just” .
In addition, the English usually writes “rue Saint-Honoré” as “rue St. Honore” .

Maybe, the letter was forged? The letter was forged by English Spy?

Comments

[hanriotfran.livejournal.com]

Yes; sometimes he signed St.Just, but it is true that nowadays, English speakers writyes his name rather as "St. Just", while FRench speakers choices "Saint-Just"

I don't believe it could be a made up letter. TRF_Chan opinions are mine too. Few people knew Saint-Just back then, and even if the letter could have been forged later, it dosn't make any sense either. What for? If it was an invention of Saint-Just friends, they should made it more flattering to him; and if the ones who "did" the purpoted falsification were his ennemies, they should forge a letter in which Saint-JUst culd be shown as a cruel and bad person.

HanriotFran.

[hanriotfran.livejournal.com]

They published *almost* all they found (not all, but...). Maybe they just wanted to show that the "tyrant" and the "Archange of the Revolution" were scheming to "slave the country" since 1790.

HanriotFran

[hoald.livejournal.com]

How thermidorians found the letter?

[hanriotfran.livejournal.com]

That's quite simply. They've found it among Robespierre's papers when they seized them all. They also seized Saint-Just papers, and Couthon's paper's and Augustin's and Fleuriot's and Hanriot's and, and, and and....

HanriotFran.

[hoald.livejournal.com]

But, why did thermidorians publish the letter?