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[100] "Archives Nationales，" CII. I. 32. Official Report of the Electoral Assembly of Bouches-du-Rh？ne， Sept. 4. "To defray the expenses of this expenditure the syndic-attorney of the district of Tarascon is authorized to draw upon the funds of public registry and vendor of revenue stamps， and in addition thereto on the collector of direct taxation. The expenses of this expedition will be borne by the anti-revolutionary agitators who have made it necessary. A list， therefore， is to be drawn up and sent to the National Assembly. The commissioners will be empowered to suspend the district administrations， municipal officers， and generally all public functionaries who， through incivism or improper conduct， shall have endangered the public weal. They may even arrest them as well as suspected citizens. They will see that the law regarding the disarming of suspected citizens and the banishment of priests be faithfully executed." - Ibid.， F7， 3195. Letter of Truchement， commissary of the department， Nov. 15. -- Memorandum of the community of Eyguières and letter of the municipality of Eyguières， Sept. 13. -- Letter of M.

Jaubert， secretary of the Salon popular club， Oct. 22： "The department of Bouches-du-Rh？ne has for a month past been ravaged by commissions.

. . The despotism of one is abolished， and we now stagger under the much more burdensome yoke of a crowd of despots." -- Situation of the department in September and October， 1792 (with supporting documents).

[101] Barbaroux， "Mémoires，" 89.

[102] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3196 .-- Letters and petition of citizen de Sades， Nov.， 1792， Feb.17， 1793， and Ventose 8， year III.：

"Towards the middle of Sept.， 1792 (old style)， some Marseilles brigands broke into a house of mine near Apt. Not content with carrying away six loads of furniture . . they broke the mirrors and wood-work." The damage is estimated at 80，000 francs. Report of the executive council according to the official statement of the municipality of Coste. On the 27th of September Montbrion， commissioner of the administration of the Bouche-du-Rh？ne， sends two messengers to fetch the furniture to Apt. On reaching Apt Montbrion and his colleague Bergier have the vehicles unloaded， putting the most valuable effects on one cart， which they appropriate to themselves， and drive away with it to some distance out of sight， paying the driver out of their own pockets： "No doubt whatever exists as to the knavery of Montbrion and Bergier； administrators and commissioners of the administration of the department." -- De Sades， the author of "Justine，" pleads his well-known civism and the ultra-revolutionary petitions drawn up by him in the name of the section of the Pikes.

[103] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3272. Read in this file the entire correspondence of the directory and the public prosecutor.

[104] Deliberation of the commune of Toulon. July 28 and following days. -- That of the three administrative bodies， Sep. 10 --Lauvergne， "Histoire du department du Var，" 104-137.