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[55] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3234. Report of the municipal officers of Clairac， July 20.-Letter of the syndic-attorney of Lot-et-Garonne， Sept. 16.

[56] Mercure de France， number for July 28， (letters from Bordeaux).

[57] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3275. Letter of the administrators of Haute-Vienne， July 28 (with official reports).

[58] '"Archives Nationales，" F7， 3223. Letter of the directory of the district of Neuville to the department-administrators， Sept 18.

[59] "Archives Nationales，" report of the administrators of the department and council-general of the commune of Orleans， Sept 16 and 17. (The disarmament had been effected through the decrees of Aug.26and Sept. 2.)[60] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3249. Letter of the lieutenant of the gendarmerie of Dampierre， Sept 23 (with official report dated Sept 19).

[61] "Archives Nationales，" draft of a letter by Roland， Oct 4， and others of the same kind. --Letter of the municipal officers of Ray， Sept 24. -- Letter of M. Desdouits， proprietor， Sept 30. -- Letter of the permanent council of Aigle， Oct 1， etc.

[62] "Archives Nationales，" Letter of the administrators of the Orne department， Sept 7.

[63] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 337 (Sept. 6).

[64] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3265. Letter of the lieutenant-general of the gendarmerie， Aug. 30. -- Official report of the Rouen municipality on the riot of Aug. 29. -- Letters of the department-administrators， Sept 18 and Oct. 11. -- Letter of the same， Oct 13， etc. -- Letter of David， cultivator and department administrator Oct 11.

[65] Albert Babean， "Letters of a deputy of the municipality of Troyes to the army of Dumuriez，" p. 8. -- (Sainte-Menehould， Sept. 7， 1792)：

"Our troops burn with a desire to meet the enemy. The massacre reported to have taken place in Paris does not discourage them； on the contrary， they are glad to know that suspected persons in the interior are got rid of."[66] Moore， I.338 (Sept. 4). At Clermont， the murder of a fish-dealer， killed for insulting the Breton volunteers. -- 401 (Sept. 7)， the son of the post-master at Saint-Amand is killed on suspicion of communicating with the enemy. -- "Archives Nationales，" F7； 3249.

Letter of the district-administrators of Senlis， Oct. 31 (Aug. 15). At Chantilly， M. Pigean is assassinated in the midst of 1，200 persons. --C. Rousset， p.84 (Sept. 21)， lieutenant-colonel Imonnier is assassinated at Chalons-sur-Marne. - Mortimer-Ternaux， IV. 172. Four Prussian deserters are murdered at Rethel， Oct. 5， by the Parisian volunteers[67] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 378， 594 and following pages.

[68] Lacretelle， "Dix années d'épreuves，" p. 58. Description of Liancourt. - "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3249. Letter of the department-administrators of the Eure， Sept. 11 (with official report of the Gisors municipality， Sept 4). - Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 550.

[69] Archives Nationales，" F7， 4394. Letter of Roland to the convention， Oct. 31 (with a copy of the documents sent by the department of the Nord on the events of Oct. 10 and 11).

[70] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3191. Official report of the municipality of Charleville； Sept. 4， and letter， Sept. 6.-- Moniteur， XIII. 742， number for Sept. 21，1792 (letter of Sept. 17， On the Parisian volunteers of Marshal Lückner's army). "The Parisian volunteers again threatened to have several heads last evening， among others those of the marshal and his aids. He had threatened to return some deserters to their regiments. At this the men exclaimed that the ancient régime no longer existed， that brothers should not be treated in that way， and that he general should be arrested. Severa1 of them had already seized the horse's bridle."[71] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3185. Documents relating to the case of M. de Fossés. (The pillage takes place Sept. 4.)[72] Letter of Goulard， mayor of Coucy， Oct. 4. -- Letter of Osselin， notary， Nov. 7. "Threats of setting fire to M. de Fossés' two remaining farm-houses are made." -- Letter of M. de Fossés， Jan. 28， 1793. He states that he has entered no complaint， and if anybody has done so for him he is much displeased. "A suit might place me in the greatest danger， from my knowledge of the state of the public mind in Coucy， and of what the guilty have done and will do to affect the minds of the people in the seventeen communes concerned in the devastation."[73] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3249 letter of M. de Gouy to Roland， Sept. 21. (An admirable letter， which， if copied entire， would show the character of the gentleman of 1789. Lots of heart， many illusions and much verbosity.) The first attack was made Sept. 4 and the second on the 13th.

[74] Most of the domiciliary visits end in similar damages. For example， ("Archives Nationales，" F7， 3265， letter of the administrators of Seine-Inferieure， Sept. 18， 1792). Visit to the chateau de Catteville， Sept. 7， by the national guard of the neighborhood. "The national guard get drunk， break the furniture to pieces， and fire repeated volleys at the windows and mirrors； the chateau is a complete ruin." The municipal officers on attempting to interfere are nearly killed.

[75] The letter ends with the following： "No， never will I abandon the French soil！" He is guillotined at Paris， Thermidor 5， year II.， as an accomplice in the pretended prison-plot.

[76] Raid on Protestants under Louis XIV. (SR).

[77] '"Archives Nationales，" Letter of the Oise administrators， Sept.

12 and 15. -- Letter of the syndic-attorney of the department， Sept.