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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

) - Ibid., 54. (Declaration by Lemerre,
appointed juryman without his knowledge, in the Cambrai court.) "What
was my surprise, I, who never was on a jury in my life! The summons
was brought to me at a quarter to eleven (? onze heur moin un car -
specimen of the orthography) and I had to go at eleven without having
time to say good-by to my family."
[68] Report by Courtois on the papers found in Robespierre's domicile,
370. (Letter of Maignet to Payan, administrator of the department of
Dr?me, Germinal 20, year II.) "You know the dearth of subjects here .
. . Give me the names of a dozen outspoken republicans . . .
. If you cannot find them in this department (Vaucluse) hunt for them
either in the Dr?me or the Is?re, or in any other. I should like
those adapted to a revolutionary tribunal. I should even like, in
case of necessity, to have some that are qualified to act as national
agents."
[69] Archives des Affaires ?trang?res, vols. 322 to 334, and 1409 to
1411. - These agents reside in N?mes, Marseilles, Toulouse, Tarbes,
Bordeaux, Auch, Rochefort, Brest, Bergues, Givet, Metz, Thionville,
Strasbourg, Colmar, Belfort and Grenoble, and often betake themselves
to towns in the vicinity.


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