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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

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[32] Archives des Affaires ?trang?res, vol. 1411. (August, 1793.)
"Plan adopted" for the organization of the Police, "excepting
executive modifications." In fact, some months later, the number of
claqueurs, male and female, is much greater, and finally reaches a
thousand. (Beaulieu, "Essais," V., l10.) - The same plan comprehends
fifteen agents at two thousand four hundred francs, "selected from the
frequenters of the clubs," to revise the daily morning lists; thirty
at one thousand francs, for watching popular clubs, and ninety to
twelve hundred francs for watching the section assemblies.
[33] Archives Nationales, F.7, 4436. (Letter of Bouchotte, Minister
of war, Prairial 5, year II.) "The appointment of Ronsin, as well as
of all his staff, again excited public opinion. The Committee, to
assure itself, sent the list to the Jacobin club, where they were
accepted." - Ibid., AF.,II., 58. " Paris, Brumaire II, year II., club
of the Friends of Liberty and Equality, in session at the former
Jacobin club, rue St. Honor?. List of the citizens who are to set
out for Lyons and act as national commissioners. (Here follow their
names.) All the citizens designated have undergone the inspection of
the said club, at its meeting this day.


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