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[6] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 4426. Letter of the police administrators， Aug. 11. Declaration of Delaunay， Aug. 12.

[7] Buchez et Roux， XVII. 59 (session of Aug. 12) Speech by Leprieur at the bar of the house.

[8] Buchez et Roux， XVII. 47. - Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 31. Speech by Robespierre at the bar of the Assembly in the name of the commune， Aug. 15.

[9] Brissot， in his report on Robespierre's petition. - The names of the principal judges elected show its character： Fouquier-Tinville， Osselin， Coffinhal.

[10] Buchez et Roux， XVII.91 (Aug. 17).

[11] Stated by Pétion in his speech (Moniteur， Nov. 10， 1792).

[12] Buchez et Roux， XVII. 116 (session of Aug. 23).

[13] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 461. - Moore， I. 273 (Aug. 31).

[14] Buchez et Roux， XVII. 267 (article by Prudhomme in the "Révolutions de Paris").

[15] "Les Révolutions de Paris，" Ibid.， "A number of sans-culottes were there with their pikes； but these were largely outnumbered by the multitude of uniforms of the various battalions." -- Moore， Aug， 31：

"At present the inhabitants of the faubourgs Saint-Antoine and Saint-Marceau are all that is felt of the sovereign people in Paris."[16] More， Aug. 26.

[17] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 471. Indictment against Jean-Julien. -- In referring to M. Mortimer-Ternaux we do so because， like a true critic， he cites authentic and frequently unedited documents.

[18] Rétif de la Bretonne， "les Nuits de Paris，" 11th night， p. 372.

[19] Moore， Sept. 2.

[20] Moore， Sept. 3. -- Buchez et Roux， XVI. 159 (narrative by Tallien).-- Official report of the Paris commune， Sept. 4 (in the collection of Barrière and Berville， the volume entitled "Mémoires sur les journées de Septembre"). The commune adopts and expands the fable， probably invented by it. Prudhomme well says that the story of the prison plot， so scandalously circulated during the Reign of Terror， appears for the first time on the 2d of September. The same report was spread through the rural districts. At Gennevilliers， a peasant while lamenting the massacres， said to Malouet： "It is， too， a terrible thing for the aristocrats to want to kill all the people by blowing up the city" (Malouet， II. 244).

[21] Official reports of the commune， Aug. 11.

[22] Mortimer-Ternaux， II. 446. List of the section commissioners sitting at the H？tel-de-ville， Aug. 10， before 9 o'clock in the morning.

[23] Official reports of the commune， Aug. 21. "Considering that， to ensure public safety and liberty， the council-general of the commune required all the power delegated to it by the people， at the time it was compelled to resume the exercise of its rights，" sends a deputation to the National Assembly to insist that "the new department be converted， pure and simple， into a tax-commissioners' office." --Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 25. Speech of Robespierre in the name of the commune： "After the people have saved the country， after decreeing a National Convention to replace you， what remains for you to do but to gratify their wishes？ . . . The people， forced to see to its own salvation， has provided for this through its delegates. . . It is essential that those chosen by itself for its magistrates should enjoy the plenary powers befitting the sovereign."[24] Official reports of the commune， Aug. 10. - Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 155. Letter of the Minister Servan， Aug. 30.-Ibid.， 149.-- Ibid.， 148. The commission on supplies having been broken up by the commune， Roland， the Minister of the Interior， begs the Assembly to act promptly， for "he will no longer be responsible for the supplies of Paris."[25] Official reports of the commune， Aug. 21. A resolution requiring that， on trials for lésé-nation， those who appear for the defendants should be provided with a certificate of their integrity， issued by their assembled section， and that the interviews between them and the accused be public. - Ibid.， Aug.17， a resolution to suspend the execution of the two assassins of mayor Simonneau， condemned to death by the tribunal of Seine-et-Oise.

[26] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 11. Decree of Aug.11.

[27] Prudhomme， "Révolutions de Paris" (number for Sep. 22).. Report by Roland to the National Assembly (Sept. 16， at 9 o'clock in the morning).

[28] Madame Roland， "Mémoires，" II. 414 (Ed. Barrière et Berville).

Report by Roland Oct. 29. The seizure in question tool place Aug.27.

[29] Mémoirs sur les journées de Septembre" (Ed. Barrière et Berville， pp. 307-322). List of sums paid by the treasurer of the commune. --See， on the prolongation of this plundering， Roland's report， Oct. 29， of money， plate， and assignats taken from the Senlis Hospital (Sept.

13)， the Hotel de Coigny emptied， and sale of furniture in the Hotel d'Egmont， etc.

[30] Official reports of the commune， Aug. 17 and 20. -- List of sums paid by the treasurer of the commune， p. 321. -- On the 28th of August a "Saint-Roch in silver is brought to the bar of the National Assembly.

[31] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 150， 161， 511. -- Report by Roland， Oct.

29. P. 414.

[32] Moniteur.514， 542 (sessions of Aug. 23 and 26).

[33] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 99 (sessions of Aug.15 and 23). "Procès-verbaux de la Commune，" Aug. 18， a resolution to obtain a law authorizing the commune "to collect together with wives and children of the émigrés in places of security， and to make use of the former convents for this purpose."[34] Procès-verbaux de la Commune，" Aug. 12. - Ibid.， Aug. 18. Not being able to find M. Geoffrey， the journalist， the commune "passes a resolution that seals be affixed to Madame Geoffroy's domicile and that she be placed in arrest until her husband appears to release her."[35] Procès-verbaux de la Commune." Aug.17 and 18. Another resolution， again demanding of the National Assembly a list of the signers for publication.