Key figure of the French Revolution is hanged on a lamp post...

THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET & DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1789  

* Joseph Foullon de Doué lynching - torture & hanging

This is from the private collection, selected for inclusion primarily for its excellent condition.

Page 2 has a: "Letter From Louisville" concerning a convention ton regarding Kentucky becoming a state separate from Virginia, of which it was a part.

Also a nice report from Paris dated July 22: "Revolutions of Paris" on the French Revolution, with a focus on the capture of Joseph Foullon de Doué, a French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI. A deeply unpopular figure, he has the ignominious distinction of being the first recorded person to have been lynched upon a lamp post (typically used for lynchings & executions in the early days of the French Revolution).

The details are included here, in part: "...dragged him away to the fatal lamp post which had served as a gibbet to so many traitors; he was soon suspended; the rope broke, it was suddenly mended; a thousand hands were employed in his execution. In short, he was put to death & his head, severed from his body, was carried on the point of a spear through all the streets of Paris..." with more.

The French Revolution had just begun 8 days prior with the historic storming of the Bastille.

Four pages, great condition.