II., 23, acts
of Brumaire I and 15, year II. - On the distribution and dispatch of
business in the Committee and the hours devoted to it, see Acts of
April 6, June 13, 17, 18, Aug. 3, 1793, and Germinal 27, year II. -
After August 3, two sessions were held daily, from 8 o'clock in the
morning to 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and from 7 to 10 o'clock in the
evening; at 10 o'clock, the Executive Council met with the Committee
of Public Safety, and papers were signed about 2 or 3 o'clock in the
morning. - The files of AF. II., 23 to 42, contain an account of the
doings of the Committee, the minutes of its meetings and of its
correspondence. A perusal of these furnishes full details concerning
the initiative and responsibility of the Committee. For example,
(Niv?se 4, year II., letters to Freron and Barras, at Marseilles,)
"The Committee commend the vigorous measures you have sanctioned in
your orders at Marseilles. - Marseilles, through you, affords a great
example. Accustomed, as you are, to wielding thunderbolts, you are
best calculated for still governing it. . . How glorious, citizen
colleagues, to be able like you, after long continued labors and
immortal fame, how gratifying, under such auspices, to return to the
bosom of the National Convention! " - (AF.
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