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manuscrites；〃 October； 1797。） 〃 The Directonal ambassador； who has
come to exact from the Swiss the expulsion of the body…guard； is named
Mingot； of Belfort； a relation of Reubell's； former body…guard to M。
le Comte d'Artois。…He came to Zurich with a prostitute； a seamstress
of Zurich； established in Berne。 He was living with her at the
expense of the Zurich government。 Having invited the family of this
creature； that is to say a common horse…driver with his wife and some
other persons； to dinner； they drank and committed such excesses that
the driver's wife； who was big with child； gave birth to it in the
midst of the banquet。 This creature gave Mingot a disease which has
laid him up at Basle。〃
＇44＇ 〃The Revolution；〃 II。； 338； 348； 354。
＇45＇ Martel； 〃Types Révolutionnaires；〃 136…144。… The Minister of War
appoints Henriot brigadier…general； July 3； 1793； and major…general on
the 19th of September； and says in a postscript； 〃Please communicate
your service record to me；〃 unknown in the ministry because they were
of no account。 … On the orgies at Choisy…sur…Seine； V。 （Archives；
W2； 500…501）； see investigation of Thermidor 18 and 19； year II。； made
at Boisy…sur…Seine by Blache； agent of the committee of General
Security。 Boulanger； brigadier…general； and Henriot's first
lieutenant； was an ex…companion jeweller。
＇46＇ Archives des Affaires étrangères； vol。 1411。 Orders of the day
by Henriot； September 16； Vendémiaire 29； year II。； and Brumaire 19；
year II。 Many of these orders of the day are published in Dauban；
（〃Paris en 1794〃）； p。 33。 〃Let our enemies pile up their property；
build houses and palaces； let them have them； what do we care； we
republicans； we do not want them！ All we need to shelter us is a
cabin； and as for wealth； simply the habits； the virtues and the love
of our country。 Headquarters； etc。〃 … P。 43： 〃Yesterday evening a
fire broke out in the Grand Augustins。 。 。 。 Everybody worked at
it and it was put out in a very short time。 Under the ancient regime
the fire would have lasted for days。 Under the system of freemen the
fire lasted only an hour。 What a difference！ 。 。 Headquarters； etc
＇47＇ Wallon； 〃Histoire du Tribunal Révolutionnaire de Paris；〃 V。252；
420。 （Names and qualifications of the members of the Commune of
Paris； guillotined Thermidor 10 and 11。） The professions and
qualifications of some of its members are given in Lymery's
Biographical Dictionary； in Morellet's Memoirs and in Arnault's
Souvenirs。 ？？Moniteur？？ XVI。； 719。 （Verdicts of the Revolutionary
Tribunal； Fructidor 15； year II。） Forty…three members of the civil or
revolutionary committees； sectional commissioners； officers of the
National Guard and of the cannoneers； signed the list of the council…
general of the commune as present on the 9th of Thermidor and are put
on trial as Robespierre's adherents。 But they promptly withdrew their
signatures； all being acquitted except one。 They are leaders in the
Jacobin quarter and are of the same sort arid condition as their
brethren of the H？tel…de…ville。 One only； an ex…collector of rentes；
may have had an education； the rest are carpenters； floor…tilers；
shoemakers； tailors； wine…dealers； eating…house keepers； cartmen；
bakers； hair…dressers； and joiners。 Among them we find one ex…stone…
cutter； one ex…office runner； one ex…domestic and two sons of Samson
the executioner。
＇48＇ Morellet； 〃Mémoires；〃 I。； 436…472。
＇49＇ On the ascendancy of the talkers of this class see Dauban （〃Paris
en 1794；〃 pp。 118…143）。 Details on an all…powerful clothes…dealer in
the Lombards Section。 If we may believe the female citizens of the
Assembly 〃he said everywhere that whoever was disagreeable to him
should be turned out of the popular club。〃 （Vent？se 13； year II。）
＇50＇ Arnault； 〃Souvenirs d'un Sexagénaire；〃 III。； 111。 Details on
another member of the commune； Bergot； ex…employee at the Halle…aux…
Cuirs and police administrator； may be found in 〃Mémoires des
Prisons；〃 I。； 232； 239； 246； 289； 290。 Nobody treated the prisoners
more brutally； who protested against the foul food served out to them；
than he。 〃It is too good for bastards who are going to be
guillotined。〃。 。 。 。 〃He got drunk with the turnkeys and with the
commissioners themselves。 One day he staggered in walking； and spoke
only in hiccoughs： he would go in that condition。 The house…guard
refused to recognize him； he was arrested〃 and the concierge had to
repeat her declarations to make the officer of the post 〃give up the
hog。〃
＇51＇ 〃Mémoires sur les Prisons；〃 I。； 211。 （〃 Tableau Historique de
St。 Lazare。〃） The narrator is put into prison in the rue de Sèvres in
October； 1793。 … II。； 186。 （〃An historical account of the jail in
the rue de Sèvres。〃） The narrator was confined there during the last
months of the Reign of Terror。
＇52＇ A game of chance。
＇53＇ 〃Un Séjour en France de 1792 à 1795；〃 281。 〃We had an
appointment in the afternoon with a person employed by the committee
on National Domains； he was to help my friend with her claims。 This
man was originally a valet to the Marquise's brother； on the outbreak
of the Revolution he set up a shop； failed and became a rabid Jacobin；
and； at last； member of a revolutionary committee。 As such； he found
a way 。 。 。 。 to intimidate his creditors and obtain two
discharges of his indebtedness without taking the least trouble to pay
his debts。〃 。 。 。 。 〃I know an old lady who was kept in prison
three months for having demanded from one of these patriots three
hundred livres which he owed her。〃 （June 3； 1795。） 〃I have generally
noticed that the republicans are either of the kind I have just
indicated； coffee…house waiters； jockeys； gamblers； bankrupts； and low
scribblers； or manual laborers more earnest in their principles； more
ignorant and more brutal； all spending what they have earned in vulgar
indulgence。〃
＇54＇ Schmidt； 〃Tableaux Historiques de la Revolution Fran？aise；〃 II。；
248； 249。 （Agent's reports； Frimaire 8； year 111。） 〃The prosecution
of Carrier is approved by the public； likewise the condemnation of the
former revolutionary committee called the 〃BonnetRouge。〃 Ten of its
members are condemned to twenty years in irons。 The public is
overjoyed。〃 … Ibid。； （Frimaire 9）； 〃The people rushed in crowds to the
square of the old commune building to see the members of the former
revolutionary committee of the Bonnet…Rouge sections； who remained
seated on the bench until six o'clock； in the light of flambeaux。
They had to put up with many reproaches and much humiliation。〃 … 〃Un
Sejour en France；〃 286； （June 6； 1795）。 〃I have just been interrupted
by a loud noise and cries under my window； I heard the names Scipio
and Solon distinctly pronounced in a jeering and insulting tone of
voice。 I sent Angelique to see what was the matter and she tells me
that it is a crowd of children following a shoemaker of t