324 to 334, the correspondence of secret agents sent into the
interior.
[90] Archives Nationales, AF.,II., 37, to Fromcastel on mission in
Indre-et-Loire, Flor?al 13, year II. "The Committee sends you a
letter from the people's club of Chinon, demanding the purging and
organization of all the constituted authorities of this district. The
committee requests you to proceed at once to carry out this important
measure."
[91] Words of Robespierre, session of the convention September 24,
1793. - On another representative, Merlin de Thionville, who likewise
stood fire, Robespierre wrote as follows: "Merlin de Thionville,
famous for surrendering Mayence, and more than suspected of having
received his reward."
[92] Guillon, II., 207. - "Fouch?," by M. de Martel, 292.
[93] Hamel, III., 395, and following pages. - Buchez et Roux, XXX.,
435. (Session of the Jacobin club, Niv?se 12, year II. Speech of
Collot d'Herbois.) "To-day I no longer recognize public opinion; had I
reached Paris three days later, I should probably have been indicted."
[94] Marcelin Boudet, "Les conventionnels d'Auvergne," 438.
(Unpublished memoir ot Maignet.)
[95] Buchez et Roux, XXXIV.
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