Auguste PAPAVOINE Handwritten letter in ink on paper dated August 23, 1815, on the letterhead of the Brick "Le Hussard", with a small image (depicting the profile of Papavoine, assassin), later, relating to the change of a "quantity of canvas necessary to cover 15 ..." Signed "A[ugus]te Papavoine". Letter fixed on kraft paper. 24 x 18 cm. Damage to framing strip, no glass. Louis Auguste PAPAVOINE (1783 - died on the scaffold in 1825). Sentenced to death for the murder of 2 children and their mother in 1824, in the Bois de Vincennes. This document dates from 1815, when he held a position with the Ministry of the Navy as an accounting officer.