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commissioners; and M。 de Nausel; on the events of May 2 and 3。   …

Letter of M。 Rabaut Saint…Etienne; May 12  …  Petition of the widow

Gas; July 30。   …  Report (printed) of M。 Alquier; February 19;

1791。  …  Memoir (printed) of the massacre of the Catholics at

N?mes; by Froment (1790)。   …  New address of the Municipality of

N?mes; presented by M。 de Marguerite; mayor and deputy (1790);

printed。  Mercure de France; February 23; 1791。



'6' The petition is signed by 3;127 persons; besides 1560 who put a

cross declaring that they could not write。  The counter…petition of

the club is signed by 262 persons。



'7' This last item; stated in M。 Alquier's report; is denied by the

municipality。  According to it; the red rosettes gathered around the

bishop's quarters had no guns。



'8' An insurrection in the sixteenth century; when the Protestants

fired on the Catholics on St。  Michael's Day。…'TR。'



'9' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3216。  Letter of M。 de Lespin; Major

at N?mes; to the commandant of Provence; M de Perigord; July 27;

1790: 〃The plots and conspiracies which were attributed to the

vanquished party; and which; it was believed; would be discovered in

the depositions of the four hundred men in prison; vanish as the

proceedings advance。  The veritable culprits are to be found among

the informers。



'10' Buchez and Roux; III。  240 (Memorandum of the Ministers;

October 28; 1789)。 … 〃 Archives Nationales;〃 D; XXIX。  3。

Deliberation of the Municipal council of Vernon (November 4; 1789)



'11' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 KK; 1105。  correspondence of M。 de

Thiard; November 4; 1789。   …  See similar occurrences; September 4;

October 23; November 4 and 19; 1789; January 27 and March 27; 1790



'12' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3257。  Letter from Gex; May 29;

1790。   …  Buchez and Roux; VII。  198; 369 (September; October;

1790)。



'13' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 H。  1453。  correspondence of M。 de

Bercheny; Commandant of the four central provinces。  Letters of May

25; June 11; 19; and 27; 1790。   …  〃 Archives Nationales;〃 D。

XXIX。  4。  Deliberations of the district administrators of Bourbon…

Lancy; May 26。



'14' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 H。  2453。  Minutes of the meeting of a

dozen parishes in Nivernais; June 4。  〃White bread is to be 2 sous;

and brown bread 11/2 sous。  Husbandmen are to have 30 sous; reapers

10 sous; wheelwrights 10 sous; bailiffs 6 sous per league。  Butter

is to be at 8 sous; meat at 5 sous; pork at 8 sous; oil at 8 sous

the pint; a square foot of masonry…work 40 sous; a pair of large

sabots 3 sous。  All rights of pasturage and of forests are to he

surrendered。  The roads are to be free everywhere; as formerly。  All

seignorial rents arc to be suppressed。  Millers are to take only one

thirty…second of a bushel。  The seigneurs of our department are to

give up all servile holidays and ill…acquired property。  The curé of

Bièze is simply to say mass at nine o'clock in the morning and

vespers at two o'clock in the afternoon; in summer and winter; he

must marry and bury gratis; it being reserved to us to pay him a

salary。  He is to be paid 6 sous for masses; and not to leave his

curé except to repeat his breviary and make proper calls on the men

and women of his parish。  Hats must be had from 3 livres to 30 sous。

Nails 3 livres the gross。  Curés are to have none but circumspect

females of fifty for domestics。  Curés are not to go to either fairs

or markets。  All curés are to he on the same footing as the one at

Bièze。  There must he no more wholesale dealers in wheat。  Law

officers who make unjust seizures must return the money。  Farm

leases must expire on St。  Martin's Day。  M。 le Comte; although not

there; M。 de Tontenelle; and M。 de Commandant must sign this

document without difficulty。  M。 de Mingot is formally to resign his

place in writing: he went away with his servant…woman  …  he even

missed his mass on the first Friday of the Fête…Dieu; and it is

supposed that he slept in the woods。  Joiners' wages shall he fixed

at the same rate as wheelwrights'。  Ox…straps are not to cost over

40 sous; yokes 10 sous。  Masters must pay one…half of the tailles 。

Notaries are to take only the half of what they had formerly; as

well as comptrollers。  The Commune claims the right of protest

against whatever it may have forgotten in the present article; in

fact or in law。〃 (It is signed by about twenty persons; several of

them being mayors and municipal clerks。)



'15' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 H。 1453。  The same correspondence; May

29; June 11 and 17; September 15; 1790。 … ibid; F7; 3257。  Letter of

the municipal authorities of Marsigny; May 3; of the municipal

officers of Bourbon…Lancy; June 5。  Extract from letters written to

M。 Amelot; June 1st。



'16' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3185; 3186。  Letter of the President

of the Tribunal of the district of Laon; February 8; 1792。



'17' 〃Archives Nationales F7; 3268。  Procés…verbal and observations

of the two commissioners sent to étampes September 22…25; 1791。



'18' 〃Archives Nationales F7; 3265。  The following document; among

many others; shows the expedients and conceptions of the popular

imagination。  Petition of several inhabitants of the commune of

Forges (Seine Inférieure) 〃to the good and incorruptible Minister of

the Interior〃 (October 16; 1792)。  After three good crops in

succession; the famine still continues。  Under the ancient régime

wheat was superabundant; hogs were fed with it; and calves were

fattened with bread。  It is certain; therefore; that wheat is

diverted by monopolists and the enemies of the new regime。  The

farms are too large; let them he divided。  There is too much

pasture…ground: sow it with wheat。  Compel each farmer and land…

owner to give a statement of his crop: let the quantity be published

at the church service; and in case of falsehood let the man be put

to death or imprisoned; and his grain he confiscated。  Oblige all

the cultivators of the neighborhood to sell their wheat at Forges

only; etc。〃



'19' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3268。  Report of the commissioners

sent by the department; March 11; 1792 (apropos of the insurrection

of March 4)。   …  Mortimer…Ternaux; I。  381。



'20' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3268。  Letters of several mayors;

district administrators; cultivators of Velizy; Villacoublay; La

celle…Saint…Cloud; Montigny; etc。  November 12; 1791。   …  Letter of

M。 de Narbonne; January 13; 1792; of M。 Sureau; justice of the peace

in the canton of étampes; September 17; 1791。   …  Letter of

Bruyères…le…Chatel; January 28; 1792。



'21' A term applied to brigands at this epoch who demand money and

objects of value; and force their delivery by exposing the soles of

the feet of their victims to a fire。 …  'TR。'



'22' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3203。  Letter of the Directory of

Cher; August 25; 1791。   …  F7; 3240。  Letter of the Directory of

Haute Marne; November 6; 1791。   …  F7; 3248。  Minutes of the

meeting of the members of the department of the Nord; March 18;

1791。   …  F7; 3250。  Minutes of the meeting of the municipal

officers of Montreuil…sur…Mer; October 16; 1791。   …  F7; 3265。

Letter of the Directory of Seine Infereure; July 22; 1791。   …  D;

XXIX。  4。  Remonstrances of the municipalities assembled at Tostes;

July 21; 1791。   …  Petition; of the municipal officers of the

districts of Dieppe; Cany; and Caudebec; July 22; 1791。



'23' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3268 and 3269; passim。



'24' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3268 and 3269; passim。

Deliberations of the Directory of Seine…et…Oise; September 20; 1791

(apropos of the insurrection。  September 16; at étampes)。   …

Letter of Charpentier; president of the district; September 19。   …

Report of the Department Commissioners; March 11; 1792 (on the

insurrection at Brunoy; March 4。)  …  Report of the Department

Commissioners; March 4; 1792 (on the insurrection at Montlhéry;

February 13 to

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