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from the municipality of Lille； Fructidor 7 ） 〃The deficit； at the
time we took hold of the government； which； owing to the difference
between the price of grain bought and the price obtained for bread
distributed among the necessitous； had amounted to 2；270；023 francs；
so increased in Thermidor as to amount to 8；312；956 francs。〃
consequently； the towns ruin themselves with indebtedness to an
incredible extent。 … Archives Nationales； AF。； II。； 72。 （Letter of
the municipality of Tours； Vendémiaire 19； year IV。） Tours has not
sufficient money with which to buy oil for its street lamps and which
are no longer lit at night。 A decree is passed to enable the agent
for provisions at Paris to supply its commissaries with twenty
quintals of oil which； for three hundred and forty lamps； keeps one
hundred agoing up to Germinal 1。 The same at Toulouse。 （Report of
Destrene； Moniteur； June 24； 1798。） On November 26； 1794； Bordeaux is
unable to pay seventy two francs for thirty barrels of water to wash
the guillotine。 （Granier de Cassagnac； I。； 13。 Extract from the
archives of Bordeaux。） Bordeaux is authorized to sell one thousand
casks of wine which had formerly been taken on requisition by the
government； the town to pay for them at the rate at which the Republic
bought them and to sell them as dear as possible in the way of regular
trade。 The proceeds are to be employed in providing subsistence for
its inhabitants。 （Archives Nationales； AF。； II。； 72； orders of
Vendémiaire 4； year IV。） As to aid furnished by the assignats granted
to towns and departments cf。 the same files； 400；000 francs to
Poitiers； Pluvi？se 18； four millions to Lyons； Pluvi？se 17； three
millions a month to Nantes； after Thermidor 14； ten millions to the
department of Herault in Frimaire and Pluvi？se ； etc。
＇121＇ Archives Nationales； II。； § 1； file 2。 （Deliberations of the
commune of Troyes； Vent？se 15； year III。） … 〃Un Sejour en France。〃
（Amiens； May 9； 1795。） 〃As we had obtained a few six franc crowns and
were able to get a small supply of wheat。 。 。 。 Mr。 D and the
servants eat bread made of three fourths bran and one fourth flour。
When we bake it we carefully close the doors； paying no attention to
the door bell； and allow no visitor to come in until every trace of
the operation is gone。 。 。 The distribution now consists of a
mixture of sprouted wheat； peas； rye； etc。； which scarcely resembles
bread。〃 （April 12。） 〃The distribution of bread （then） was a quarter of
a pound a day。 Many of those who in other respects were well off； got
nothing at all。〃
＇122＇ Ibid。 （Letters of the municipality of Troyes； Vent？se 15； year
III。； and Germinal 6。） Letter of the three deputies； sent by the
municipality to Paris； Pluvi？se ； year III。 （no date。）
＇123＇ 〃Un Sejour en France。〃 （Amiens； Jan。 30； 1795。） Archives
Nationales。 AF。；II。； 74。 （Deliberation of the commune of Amiens；
Thermidor 8； and Fructidor 7； year III。）
＇124＇ 〃Souvenirs et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux；〃 p。 97。 （The
women stop carts loaded with wheat； keep them all night； stone and
wound Representative Bernier； and succeed in getting； each； eight
pounds of wheat。）
＇125＇ Archives Nationales； AF。；II。； 73。 （Letter of the municipality
of Dieppe； Prairial 22。） … AF。；II。； 74。 （Letter of the municipality
of Vervins； Messidor 7。 Letter of the municipality of Lille；
Fructidor 7。）
＇126＇ 〃Correspondance de Mallet du Pan avec la Cour de Vienne；〃 I。；
90。 Ibid。； 131。 One month later a quintal of flour at Lyons is worth
two hundred francs and a pound of bread forty…five sous。
＇127＇ Archives Nationales； AF。； II。； 13。 （Letter of the deputies
extraordinary of the three administrative bodies of Chartres；
Thermidor 15： 〃In the name of this commune dying of hunger 〃） … 〃The
inhabitants of Chartres have not even been allowed to receive their
rents in grain； all has been poured into the government storehouses。〃
＇128＇ Ibid。 （Petition of the commune of La Rochelle； Fructidor 25；
that of Painb？uf； Fructidor 9； that of the municipality of Nantes；
Thermidor 14； that of Rouen； Fructidor 1。） … Ibid。； AF。；II； 72。
（Letter of the commune of Bayonne； Fructidor 1。） 〃Penury of provisions
for more than two years。 。 。 。 The municipality； the past six
months； is under the cruel necessity of reducing its subjects to half…
a…pound of corn…bread per day。 。 。 。 at the rate of twenty…five
sous the pound； although the pound costs over five francs。〃 After the
suppression of the 〃maximum 〃 it loses about twenty…five thousand
francs per day。
＇129＇ Ibid。 （Letter of Representative Porcher； Caen； Prairial 24；
Messidor 3 and 26。 Letter of the municipality of Caen； Messidor 3。）
＇130＇ Ibid。 AF。；II。； 71。 （Letter of the municipality of Auxerre；
Messidor 19。） 〃We have kept alive thus far through all sorts of
expedients as if by miracle。 It has required incalculable efforts；
great expenditure； and really supernatural means to accomplish it。
But there is still one month between this and the end of Thermidor。
How are we going to live！ Our people； the majority of whom are farmers
and artisans； are rationed at half…a…pound a day for each person and
this will last but ten or twelve days at most。〃
＇131＇ Meissner； 〃Voyage à Paris；〃 339。 〃There was not a morsel of
bread in our inn。 I went myself to five or six bakeries and pastry
shops and found them all stripped。〃 He finds in the last one about a
dozen of small Savoy biscuits for which he pays fifteen francs。 …
See； for the military proceedings of the government in relation to
bread； the orders of the Committee of Public Safety； most of them by
the hand of Lindet； AF。； II。； 68…74。
＇132＇ Schmidt； 〃Tableaux de Paris；〃 vols。 II。 and III 。；passim。
＇133＇ Archives Nationales； AF。；II。； 68。 （Orders of Vent？se 20； year
III。 ； Germinal 19 and 20； Messidor 8； etc。）
＇134＇ ibid。 Orders of Niv？se 5 and 22。
＇135＇ Ibid。 Orders of Pluvi？se 19； Vent？se 5； Floréal 4 and 24。 （The
fourteen brewers which the Republic keeps agoing for itself at Dunkirk
are excepted。） … The proceedings are the same in relation to other
necessary articles； … returns demanded of nuts； rape…seed； and other
seeds or fruits producing oil； also the hoofs of cattle and sheep；
with requisitions for every other article entering into the
manufacture of oil； and orders to keep oil…mills agoing。 〃All
administrative bodies will see that the butchers remove the fat from
their meat before offering it for sale； that they do not themselves
make candles out of it； and that they do not sell it to soap…
factories； etc。 〃 … （Orders of Veridémiaire 28； year III。） The
executive committee will collect eight hundred yoke of oxen and
distribute them among the dealers in hay in order to transport wood
and coal from the woods and collieries to the yards。 They will
distribute proportionately eight hundred sets of wheels and harness。
The wagoners will be paid and