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witness); July 21st。   Of Dampmartin (eye…witness); I。  105。  M。

de Rochambeau shows the usual indecision and want of vigor: whilst

the mob are pillaging houses and throwing things out of the windows;

he passes in front of his regiments (8;000 men) drawn up for action;

and says; 〃My friends; my good friends; you see what is going on。

How horrible! Alas! these are your papers; your titles and those of

your parents。〃 The soldiers smile at this sentimental prattle。



'16' Dumouriez (an eye…witness); book III。  ch。  3。  …  The trial

was begun and judgment given by twelve lawyers and an assessor; whom

the people; in arms; had themselves appointed。   Hippeau; IV。

382。



'17' Archives Nationales;〃 F7 3248。  (Letter of the mayor; M。

Poussiaude de Thierri; September 11th。)



'18' Floquet; VII。  551。



'19' De Goncourt; 〃La Société fran?aise pendant la Révolution;〃 37。



'20' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  1。  Letter of the officers of

the bailiwick of D?le; August 24th。  …  Sauzay I。  128。



'21' There is a similar occurrence at Strasbourg; a few days after

the sacking of the town…hall。  The municipality having given each

man of the garrison twenty sous; the soldiers abandon their post;

set the prisoners free at the Pont…Couvert; feast publicly in the

streets with the women taken out of the penitentiary; and force

innkeepers and the keepers of drinking…places to give up their

provisions。  The shops are all closed; and; for twenty…four hours;

the officers are not obeyed。  (De Dampmartin; I。  105。)



'22' Albert Babeau; I。  187…273。   Moniteur; II。  379。  (Extract

from the provost's verdict of November 27; 1789。)



'23' Moniteur; ibid。  Picard; the principal murderer; confessed

〃that he had made him suffer a great deal; that the said sieur Huez

did not die until they came near the Chaudron Inn ; that he

nevertheless intended to make him suffer more by stabbing him in the

neck at the corner of each street; (and) by contriving it so that he

might do it often; as long as there was life in him; that the day on

which M。 Huez died yielded him ten francs; together with the neck…

buckle of M。 Hues; found on him when he was arrested in his flight。〃



'24' Mercure de France; ; September 26; 1789。  Letters of the

officers of the Bourbon regiment and of members of the general

committee of Caen。  …  Floquet; VII。  545。



'25' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 H。  1453。  …   Ibid。   D。  XXIX。  I。

Note of M。 de la Tour…du…Pin; October 28th。



'26' Decree; February 5; 1789; enforced May 1st following。



'27' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  I。  Letter of the count de

Montausier; August 8th; with notes by M。 Paulian; director of the

excise (an admirable letter; modest and liberal; and ending by

demanding a pardon for people led astray)。   H。  1453。  Letter of

the attorney of the election district of Falaise; July 17th; etc。  …

… Moniteur; I。  303; 387; 505 (sessions of August 7th and 27th and

of September 23rd)。  〃The royal revenues are diminishing steadily。〃

 Buchez and Roux; III。  219 (session of October 24; 1789)。

Discourse of a deputation from Anjou: 〃Sixty thousand men are armed;

the barriers have been destroyed; the clerks' horses have been sold

by auction; the employees have been told to withdraw from the

province within eight days。  The inhabitants have declared that they

will not pay taxes so long as the salt…tax exists。



'28' 〃Archives Nationales;〃F7 3253 (Letter of September 8; 1789)。



'29' Arthur Young; September 30th。  〃It is being said that every

rusty gun in Provence is at work; killing all sorts of birds; the

shot has fallen five or six times in my chaise and about my ears。〃 …

…  Beugnot; I。142。  …   〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  I。  Letter

of the Chevalier d'Allonville; September 8; 1789 (Near Bar…sur…

Aube)。  〃The peasants go in armed bands into the woods belonging to

the Abbey of Trois…Fontaines; which they cut down。  They saw up the

oaks and transport them on wagons to Pont…Saint…Dizier; where they

sell them。  In other places they fish in the ponds and break the

embankments。〃



'30' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  1。  Letter of the assessor of

the police of Saint…Flour; October 3; 1789。  On the 31st of July; a

rumor is spread that the brigands are coming。  On the 1st of August

the peasants arm themselves。  〃They amuse themselves by drinking;

awaiting the arrival of the brigands; the excitement increases to

such an extent as to make them believe that M。 le Comte d'Espinchal

had arrived in disguise the evening before at Massiac; that he was

the author of the troubles disturbing the province at this time; and

that he was concealed in his chateau。〃 On the strength of this shots

are fired into the windows; and there are searches; etc。



'31' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D; XXIX; I; Letter of Etienne Fermier;

Naveinne; September 18th (it is possible that the author; for the

sake of caution; took a fictitious name)。  …  The manuscript

correspondence of M。 Boullé; deputy of Pontivy; to his constituents;

is a type of this declamatory and incendiary writing。  …   Letter of

the consuls; priests; and merchants of Puy…en…Velay; September 16th。

… 〃 The Ancient Régime;〃 p。  396。



'32' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  1。  Letter of M。 Despretz…

Montpezat; a former artillery officer; July 24th (with several other

signatures)。  On the same day the alarm bell is sounded In fifty

villages on the rumor spreading that 7;000 brigands; English and

Breton; were invading the country。



'33' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  I。  Letter of Briand…

Delessart; August 1st (domiciliary visits to the Carmelites of

Angoulême where it is pretended that Mme。  de Polignac has just

arrived。  …  Beugnot; I。  140。   Arthur Young; July 20th; etc。  …

Buchez and Roux; IV。  166。  Letter of Mamers; July 24th; of Mans;

July 26th。



'34' Montjoie; ch。  LXXII; p。  93 (according to acts of legal

procedure)。  There was a soldier in the band who had served under M。

de Montesson and who wanted to avenge himself for the punishments he

had undergone in the regiment。



'35' Mercure de France; August 20th (Letter from Vésoul; August

13th)。



'36' M。 de Memmay proved his innocence later on; and was

rehabilitated by a public decision after two years' proceedings

(session of June 4; 1791; Mercure of June 11th)。



'37' Journal des Débats et Décrets; I。  258。  (Letter of the

municipality of Vésoul; July 22nd。   Discourse of M。 de

Toulougeon; July 29th。)



'38' De Rochambeau; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。  353。   〃Archives Nationales;〃

F7; 3253。  (Letter of M。 de Rochamheau; August 4th。)   Chronicle

of Schmutz (ibid。  ); p。  284。  〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  I。

(Letter of Mme。  Ferrette; of Remiremont; August 9th。)



'39' Sauzay; I。  180。  (Letters of monks; July 22nd and 26th。)



'40' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  I。  (Letter of M。 de

Bergeron; attorney to the présidial of Valence; August 28th; with

the details of the verdict stated。) Official report of the militia

of Lyons; sent to the president of the National Assembly; August

10th。  (Expedition to Serrière; in Dauphiny; July 31st。)



'41' Letter of the Count of Courtivron; deputy substitute (an eye…

witness)。   〃Archives Nationales;〃 D。  XXIX。  I。  Letter of the

municipal officers of Crémieu (Dauphiny); November 3rd。  Letter of

the Vicomte de Carbonnière (Auvergne); August 3rd。   Arthur Young;

July 30th (Dijon) says; apropos of a noble family which escaped

almost naked from its burning chateau; 〃 they were esteemed by the

neighbors; their virtues ought to have commanded the love of the

poor; for whose resentment there was no cause。〃



'42' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 XXIX。  I。  (Letter of the commission of

the States of Dauphiny; July 31st。)



'43' 〃Désastres du Maconnais;〃 by Puthod de la Maison…Rouge (August;

1789)。  〃Ravages du Maconnais。〃   Arthur Young; July 27th。  …

Buchez and Roux; IV。  215; 214。   Mercure de

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