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The purpose of Henry Essex Edgeworth's writing about the execution of Louis XVI was to document the event of the execution and that is why he accompanied King Louis XVI during the two hours previous the moment of his execution.
Henry Essex Edgeworth (1745-1807) was an Irish priest, a Catholic one, who was the confessor of the last King of France, Louis XVI.
The French National Convention had ordered on January 20, 1793, the execution of the King of France. So one day after the order, Henry Essex Edgeworth, the Irish priest decided to witness the execution and documented his observations.
The purpose that Henry Essex Edgeworth, the Irish priest and confessor to King Louis XVI of France, wrote was not only to document the most gruesome murder committed during France's Reign of Terror against King Louis XVI but to prove that the King graciously forgave those who had a hand in his execution.
Thus, the purpose that Henry Essex Edgeworth wrote about the execution of Louis XVI was to prove that the King actually pardoned all who occasioned his execution.
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