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217 (resolutions of the sections Poissonnière and Luxembourg)。
Granier de Cassagnac; II。 104 (adhesion of the sections Mauconseil;
Louvre; and Quinze…Vingt)。
'70' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 156。
'71' Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 265。 Granier de Cassagnac; XII。 402。
(The other five judges were also members of the commune。)
'72' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 313。 Register of the General Assembly
of the sans…culottes; section; Sept。 2。 〃Mémoires sur les journées
de Septembre;〃 151 (declaration of Jourdan)。
'73' 〃Mémoires sur les journées de Septembre;〃 narrative of Abbé
Sicard; 111。
'74' Buchez et Roux; XVIII。 109; 178。 (〃La vérite tout entière;〃 by
Méhée; Jr。) … Narrative of Abbé Sicard; 132; 134。
'75' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 92; 93。 … On the presence and
complicity of Santerre。 Ibid; 89…99。
'76' Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 277 and 299 (Sept。 3)。 … Granier de
Cassagnac; II。 257。 A commissary of the section of the Quatre…Nations
states in his report that 〃the section authorized them to pay expenses
out of the affair。〃 … Declaration of Jourdan; 151。 … Lavalette;
〃Mémoires;〃 I。 91。 The initiative of the commune is further proved by
the following detail: 〃Towards five o'clock (Sept。 2) city officials
on horseback; carrying a flag; rode through the streets crying: 'To
arms! To arms!' They added: 'The enemy is coming; you are all lost;
the city will be burnt and given up to pillage。 Have no fear of the
traitors or conspirators behind your backs。 They are in the hands of
the patriots; and before you leave the thunderbolt of national justice
will fall on them!〃 … Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。 105。 Letter of Chevalier
Saint…Dizier; member of the first committee of supervision; Sept。 10。
〃Marat; Duplain; Fréron; etc。; generally do no more in their
supervision of things than wreak private vengeance。 。 。 Marat states
openly that 40;000 heads must still be knocked off to ensure the
success of the revolution。〃
'77' Buchez et Roux; XVIII。 146。 〃Ma Résurrection;〃 by Mathon de la
Varenne。 〃The evening before half…intoxicated women said publicly on
the Feuillants terrace: 'To…morrow is the day when their souls will be
turned inside out in the prisons。〃
'78' 〃Mémoires sur les journées de Septembre。 Mon agonie;〃 by Journiac
de Saint…Méard。 Madame de la Fausse…Landry; 72。 The 29th of August
she obtained permission to join her uncle in prison: 〃M。 Sergent and
others told me that I was acting imprudently; that the prisons were
not safe。〃
'79' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 27。 According to Roch Marcandier
their number 〃did not exceed 300。〃 According to Louvet there were
〃200; and perhaps not that number。〃 According to Brissot; the
massacres were committed by about 〃a hundred unknown brigands。〃
Pétion; at La Force (Ibid。; 75); on September 6; finds only about a
dozen executioners。 According to Madame Roland (II。 35); 〃there were
not fifteen at the Abbaye。〃 Lavalette the first day finds only about
fifty killers at the La Force prison。
'80' Mathon de la Varenne; ibid。; 137。
'81' Buchez et Roux; XVII。 183 (session of the Jacobin Club; Aug。 27)。
Speech by a federate from Tarn。 … Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 126。
'82' Sicard; 80。 Méhée; 187。 Weber; II。 279。 Cf。; in Journiac
de Saint…Méard; his conversation with a Proven?al。 Rétif de la
Bretonne; 〃Les Nuits de Paris;〃 375。 〃About 2 o'clock in the morning
(Sept。 3) I heard a troop of cannibals passing under my window; none
of whom appeared to have the Parisian accent; they were all
strangers。〃
'83' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 164; 502。 Mortimer…Ternaux; III。
530。 Maillard's assessors at the Abbaye were a watchmaker living in
the Rue Childebert; a fruit…dealer in the Rue Mazarine; a keeper of a
public house in the Rue du Four…Saint…Germain; a journeyman hatter in
the Rue Sainte…Marguerite; and two others whose occupation is not
mentioned。 On the composition of the tribunal at La Force; Cf。
Journiac de Saint…Méard; 120; and Weber; II。 261。
'84' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 507 (on Damiens); 513 (on L'empereur)。
Meillan; 388 (on Laforet and his wife; old…clothes dealers on the
Quai du Louvre; who on the 31st of May prepare for a second blow; and
calculate this time on having for their share the pillaging of fifty
houses)。
'85' Sicard; 98
'86' De Ferrières (Ed。 Berville et Barrière); III。 486。 Rétif de la
Bretonne; 381。 At the end of the Rue des Ballets a prisoner had just
been killed; while the next one slipped through the railing and
escaped。 〃A man not belonging to the butchers; but one of those
thoughtless machines of which there are so many; interposed his pike
and stopped him。 。 。 The poor fellow was arrested by his pursuers and
massacred。 The pikeman coolly said to us: 'I couldn't know they wanted
to kill him。'〃
'87' Granier de Cassagnac; II。 511。
'88' The judges and slaughterers at the Abbaye; discovered in the
trial of the year IV。; almost all lived in the neighborhood; in the
rues Dauphine; de Nevers; Guégénaud; de Bussy; Childebert; Taranne; de
l'Ego?t; du Vieux Colombier; de l'Echaudé…Saint…Benoit; du Four…Saint…
Germain; etc。
'89' Sicard; 86; 87; 101。 Jourdan; 123。 〃The president of the
committee of supervision replied to me that these were very honest
persons; that on the previous evening or the evening before that; one
of them; in a shirt and wooden shoes; presented himself before their
committee all covered with blood; bringing with him in his hat twenty…
five louis in gold; which he had found on the person of a man he had
killed。〃 Another instance of probity may be found in the 〃Procès…
verbaux du conseil…général de la Commune de Versailles;〃 367; 371。
On the following day; Sept。 3; robberies commence and go on
increasing。
'90' Méhée; 179。 〃'Would you believe that I have earned only twenty…
four francs?' said a baker's boy armed with a club。 'I killed more
than forty for my share。'〃
'91' Granier de Cassagnac。 II。 153。 Cf。 Ibid。; 202…209; details on
the meals of the workmen and on the more delicate repast of Maillard
and his assistants。
'92' Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 175…176。 … Granier de Cassagnac。 II。 84。 …
… Jourdan; 222。 Méhée; 179。 〃At midnight they came back swearing;
cursing; and foaming with rage; threatening to cut the throats of the
committee in a body if they were not instantly paid。〃
'93' Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 320。 Speech by Pétion on the charges
preferred against Robespierre。
'94' Mathon de la Varenne; 156。 Journiac de Saint…Méard; 129。 …
Moore; 267。
'95' Journiac de Saint…Méard; 115。
'96' Weber; II。 265。 Journiac de Saint…Méard; 129。 Mathon de la
Varenne; 155。
'97' Moore; 267。 Cf。 Malouet; II。 240。 Malouet; on the evening of
Sept。 1; was at his sister…in…law's; there is a domiciliary visit at
midnight; she faints on hearing the patrol mount the stairs。 〃I
begged them not to enter the drawing…room; so