" - Ibid., 311. At Bordeaux, a huge
scaffold is put up, authorized by the Military Committee, with seven
doors, two of which are large and like barn-doors, called a four-
bladed guillotine, so as to work faster and do more. The warrant and
orders for its construction bear date Thermidor 3 and 8, year II. -
Berryat Saint-Prix, 285. Letter of Representative Blutel, on mission
at Rochefort, after Thermidor: "A few men, sunk in debauchery and
crime, dared proscribe (here) virtues, patriotism, because it was not
associated with their sanguinary excitement: the tree of Liberty, they
said, required for its roots ten feet of human gore."
[42] "Recueil de Pi?ces Authentiques, concernant le Revolution ?
Strasbourg," I., 174, 178. Examples of revolutionary taxes. - Orders
of Representatives Milhaud, Ruamps, Guyadin, approving of the
following contributions, Brumaire 20, year II.
On 3 individuals of Stutzheim.....................150,000 livres.
" 3 " Offenheim..... ...............30,000 "
"21 " Molsheim .....................367,000 "
" 17 " Oberenheim....................402,000 "
" 84 " Rosheim.....
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