[11] Ibid. I., 139-144.
[12] Decree of September 27, 1790. "The circulation of assignats
shall not extend beyond one billion two hundred millions.... Those
which are paid in shall be destroyed and there shall be no other
creation or emission of them, without a decree of the Corps
Legislatif, always subject to this condition that they shall not
exceed the value of the national possions nor obtain a circulation
above one billion two hundred millions.
[13] Schmidt, ibid., I., 104, 138, 144.
[14] Felix Rocquam, "L'Etat de la France au 18 Brumaire," p.240.
(Report by Lacu?e, year IX. - Reports by pr?fets under the Consulate
(Reports of Laumont, pr?fet of the Lower-Rhine, year X.; of Coichen,
pr?fet of the Moselle, year XI., etc.) - Schmidt, Pariser Zust?nde,"
III., 205. ("The rate of interest during the Revolution was from four
to five per cent. per month; in 1796 from six to eight per cent. per
month, the lowest rate being two per cent. per month with security.")
[15] Arthur Young, "Voyage en France," II., 360. (Fr. translation.)
"I regard Bordeaux as richer and more commercial than any city in
England except London."
[16] Ibid., II.
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