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'68' The following are some examples of these rustic desires:



At Lunel; 4000 peasants and village National Guards strive to enter;

to hang the aristocrats。  Their wives are along with them; leading

their donkeys with 〃baskets which they hope to carry away full。〃

(〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3523。  Letter of the municipal body of

Lunel; November 4; 1791。)



At Uzès it is with great difficulty that they can rid themselves of

the peasants who came in to drive out the Catholic royalists。  In

vain 〃were they given plenty to eat and to drink;〃 they go away 〃in

bad humor; especially the women who led the mules and asses to carry

away the booty; and who had not anticipated returning home with

empty hands。〃 (De Dampmartin; I。  195。)



In relation to the siege of Nantes by the Vendéans: 〃An old woman

said to me; 'Oh; yes; I was there; at the siege。  My sister and

myself had brought along our sacks。  We counted on entering at least

as far as the Rue de la Casserie'〃 (the street of jeweler's shops)。

(Michelet; V 211。)



'69' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3209。  Letters of the royal

commissioner at the tribunal of Mucidan; March 7; 1792; of the

public prosecutor of the district of Sarlat; January。  1792。   …

Ibid。  ; F7; 3204。  Letters of the administrators of the district of

Tulle; April 15; 1792; of the directory of the department; April 18;

petition of Jacques Labruc and his wife; with official statement of

the justice of the peace; April 24。  〃All these acts of violence

were committed under the eyes of the municipal authorities。  They

took no steps to prevent them; although they had notice given them

in time。〃



'70' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3223。  Letters of M。 Brisson;

commissioner of the naval classes of Souillac; February 2; 1792; of

the directory of the department; March 14; 1792。   …  Petition of

the brothers Barrié (with supporting documents); October 11; 1791。

…  Letter of the prosecuting attorney of the department; April 4;

1792。  Report of the commissioners sent to the district of Figeac;

January 5; 1792。  Letter of the administrators of the department;

May 27; 1792。



'71' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3217。  Official reports of the

commissioners of the department of Gard; April 1; 2; 3; and 6; 1792;

and letter of April 6。  One land…owner is taxed 100;000 francs。   …

Ibid。; F7; 3223。  Letter of M Dupin; prosecuting attorney of

l'Hérault; February 17 and 26; 1792。  〃At the chateau of Pignan;

Madame de Lostanges has not one complete piece of furniture left。

The cause of these disturbances is religious passion。  Five or six

nonjuring priests had retreated to the chateau;〃  …  Moniteur;

sitting of April 16; 1792。  Letter from the directory of the

department of Gard。   …  De Dampmartin; II; 85。  At Uzès; fifty or

sixty men in masks invade the ducal chateau at ten o'clock in the

evening; set fire to the archives; and the chateau is burnt。



'72' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3196。  Official statements of Augier

and Fabre; administrators of the Bouches…de…Rh?ne; sent to Avignon;

May 11; 1792。  (The reappearance of Jourdan; Mainvielle; and the

assassins of La Glacière took place April 29。)



'73' De Dampmartin; II。  63。  Portalis; 〃Il est temps de parler〃

(pamphlet); passim。 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 7090。  Memorandum of

the commissioners of the municipal administration of Arles; year

IV。; Niv?se 22。



'74' Mercure de France; May 19; 1792。  (Sitting of May 4。)。

Petition of forty inhabitants of Avignon at the bar of the

Legislative Assembly。   …  〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3195。  Letter

of the royal commissioners at the tribunal of Apt; March 15; 1792;

official report of the municipality; March 22; Letters of the

Directory of Apt; March 23 and 28; 1792。



'75' Large cellar where the ice collected during the winter was kept

for later use。  (SR。)



'76' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 ibid。  Letter of Amiel; president of the

bureau of conciliation at Avignon; October 28; 1792; and other

letters to the minister Roland。   …  F7; 3217; Letter of the Justice

of the Peace at Roque…Maure; October 31; 1792。



'77' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3246。  Official report of the

municipality of Metz (with supporting documents); May 15; 1792。



'78' 〃Mémoires de l'Abbé Baton;〃 one of the priests of the third

convoy (a bishop is appointed from Séez); p。  233。



'79' 〃Archives Nationales〃 F7; 3225。  Letter of citizen Bonnemant;

commissioner to minister Roland; September 11; 1792。











End of The French Revolution; Volume 1。


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