[A.-É.-L. Leclerc de Juigné, Archbishop of Paris during the French Revolution.] Autograph Account Signed by 'L'Abbé Lambert | Sy. of the Archbishop of Paris', describing the 'persecutions and misfortunes which this worthy Prelate has experienced'.

3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. 46 lines of text in shaky English, neatly written out. Lambert begins: 'Having been a long invested with the particular confidence of Mr. De Juigné Archbishop of Paris, I take the liberty of giving a succinct account of the persecutions and misfortunes which this worthy Prelate has experienced for his Religion, his King, & his conscience; & the dreadful distress to which he is now reduced. | I can with truth attest that Mr. J. archbishop of Paris in the Winter of 1788. gave to the poor of his Diocese almost all the money he had by him, & afterwards sold his plate to enable him to continue his charities, & finally bestowed the sum of twelve thousand pounds sterling to alleviate there [sic] distress.' He continues with reference to 'an attempt [...] to assassinate him in his carriages', 'at the end of the States-general held at Versailles' in 1789, after which 'he thought it prudent to fly', although this 'did not put an end to his persecution'. The Archbishop's travels (Turin, Nastadt, Germany) are described, and he is stated at the time of writing to be at Constance, 'where the first Prelate of France surrounded by several near relations is now in the greatest misery', 'having with him his two brothers with their families consisting of thirteen children'. He has lately been 'forced to sell the ornaments of his chapel to purchase bread for a part of his unfortunate family.'