"
[37] Archives Nationales, F.7, 2475. (Letters of Thullier, procureur-
syndic of the Paris department, September 7 and 10, 1793. - Report by
a member of the Piques section, September 8 and 10, 1793. - Cf. the
petitions of traders and lawyers imprisoned at Troyes, Strasbourg,
Bordeaux, etc. - Archives Nationales, AF.,II., 271. Letter of
Francastel: "At least three thousand monopolist aristocrats have been
arrested at Nantes.... and this is not the last purification."
[38] Decrees of May 4, 15, 19, 20 and 23, and of August 30, 1793. -
Decrees of July 26, August 15, September II, 1793, and February 24,
1794. - Camille Boursier, "Essai sur la Terreur en Anjou," p. 254.
(Letter of Buissart to his friend Maximilian Robespierre, Arras,
Pluviose 14, year II.) "we are dying with starvation in the midst of
abundance; I think that the mercantile aristocracy ought to be killed
out like the nobles and priests. The communes, with the help of a
storehouse of food and goods must alone be allowed to trade. This
idea, well carried out, can be realized; then, the benefits of trade
will turn to the advantage of the Republic, that is to say, to the
advantage of buyer and seller.
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