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[57] "The Ancient Regime," p.300. - " The Revolution," vol. I., p.
116. ??Buchez et Roux, I., 481. The list of notables convoked by the
King in 1787 gives an approximate idea of this social staff. Besides
the leading princes and seigniors we find, among one hundred and
thirty-four members, twelve marshals of France, eight Councillors of
State, five ma?tres de requ?tes, fourteen bishops and archbishops,
twenty presidents and seventeen procureurs g?neraux des parlements, or
of royal councils, twenty-five mayors, pr?v?ts des marchands,
capitouls, and equerries of large towns, the deputies of the "Etats"
of Burgundy, Artois, Brittany and Languedoc, three ministers and two
chief clerks. - The capacities were all there, on hand, for bringing
about a great reform; but there was no firm, strong, controlling hand,
that of a Richelieu or Frederic II.
[58] See "The Revolution II" Ed. Lafont page 617. US ediction P. 69.
(SR.)
[59] "M?moires de Gaudin," duc de Ga?te.
[60] Mallet-Dupan, "M?moires," II., 25, 24. "The War Committee is
composed of engineer and staff-officers, of which the principal are
Meussuer, Favart, St. Fief, d'Arcon, LafitteClav? and a few others.
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