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＇87＇ Archives Nationales； D。 § I。； 10。 （Orders of representatives
Delacroix； Louchet； and Legendre； Niv？se 12； year II。） 〃On the
petition of the Committee of Surveillance of Evreux； which sets forth
that all its members are without means； and that it will be impossible
for them to continue their duties since they are without resources for
supporting their families；〃 the representatives allow three of them
two hundred and seventy francs each； and a fourth one hundred and
eighty francs； as a gratuity （outside of the three francs a day。）
＇88＇ Ibid。 AF。； II。； 111。 （Order of Albitte and La Porte； Prairial
18； year II。）
＇89＇ Albert Babeau； II。； 154…157。 … Moniteur； XXII。 425。 （Session
of Brumaire 13； year III。 Speech by Cambon。） 〃A government was
organized in which surveillance alone cost 591 millions per annum。
Every man who tilled the ground or worked in a shop； at once abandoned
his pursuit for a place on the Revolutionary Committees 。 。 。 where
he got five francs a day。〃
＇90＇ 〃Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse；〃 by citizen Pescare； 162； 166；
435。
＇91＇ Berryat Saint…Prix； 〃La Justice Révolutionaire；〃 （second edition）
p。 XIX。 … Ibid。； XIV。 At Rochefort there is on the revolutionary
tribunal a mason； a shoemaker； a caulker； and a cook； at Bordeaux； on
the military commission； an actor； a wine…clerk； a druggist； a baker；
a journeyman…gilder； and later； a cooper and a leather…dresser。
＇92＇ I heard these expressions during my conversations with old
peasants。 … Archives Nationales； AF。；II。； 111。 （Order of the
Representative Ichon； Messidor 18； year II。） 〃The popular club of
Chinon will be immediately regenerated。 Citizens （I omit their
names）； the following showing their occupations： shoemaker； policeman。
sabot…maker； cooper； carter； shoemaker； joiner； butcher carpenter and
mason； will form the committee which is to do the weeding…out and
choose successors among those that offer to become members of the
club。〃？ Ibid。； D。； §I； 10。 （Orders of the Representatives Delacroix；
Louchet and Legendre； on mission in the department of Seine…Inférieure
for the purpose of removing； at Conchez； the entire administration；
and for forming there a new revolutionary committee； with full powers；
Frimaire 9； year II。） The members of the committee； the nature of
which is indicated； are two coopers； one gardener； two carpenters； one
merchant； a coach…driver and a tailor。 （One finds in the archives； in
the correspondence of the representatives； plenty of orders appointing
authorities of the same sort。）
＇93＇ Albert Babeau； II。； 296。
＇94＇ The French text reads： 〃Sa profession est fame de Paillot…
Montabert； son revenu est vivre de ses revenus； ces relation son d'une
fame nous ny portons point d'atantion； ces opignons nous les présumons
semblable à ceux de son mary。〃
＇95＇ Archives Nationales； F7； 4421。 Order of the Committee of
Surveillance of the third section of Troyes； refusing civic
certificates to seventy…two persons； or sending them before the
central committee as 〃marchands d'argant； aristocrate； douteux；
modére； intrigant； egoiste fanatique。 Fait et areté par nous； membre
du Comité。 … Ib。； Mémoire des Commissaires de la 5e seiscion dite de
la liberté nommé par le citoyen de Baris （Paris） pour faire les visite
de l'argenteri ché les citoyens de la liste fait par les citoyens Diot
et Bailly et Jaquin savoir depence du 13 et 14 et 15 Frimaire pour
leur nouriture du troyes jour monte à 24 fr。
＇96＇ Albert Babeau； II。； 154。
＇97＇ Archives Nationales； D。； §I； 5。 （Mission of Representative
Albert； in Aube and in Marne。） … These notes are made on the spot；
with a thorough knowledge of the situation； by zealous republicans who
are not without common…sense and of average honesty； （chiefly in
Pluvi？se and Vent？se； year III）。 … Letter of Albert to the
directories of the two departments； Prairial 3； year II。 〃I am
satisfied； during the course of my mission； of the necessity of
reorganizing the municipalities throughout both departments。〃
＇98＇ Ibid。 Orders of Albert； Vent？se 5； and Pluvi？se 29； year III。；
reorganizing the courts and administrations in the districts of Ervy；
Arcis and Nogent…sur…Seine； with a tabular statement of the names of
those removed and the reasons for so doing。
＇99＇ Petition of Jean Nicolas Antoine； former member of the Directory
of the district of Troyes for twenty…eight months。 （Ventose 9； year
II I。） Shut up in Troyes； he asks permission to go to Paris； 〃I have a
small lot of goods which it is necessary for me to sell in Paris。 It
is my native town and I know more people there than anywhere else。〃…
Ibid。 Information furnished on Antoine by the Conseil…general of the
Commune of Troyes。
＇100＇ Archives Nationales； AF。； II。； 59。 （Memorials dated Messidor
28； year II。； by an emissary of the Committee of Public Safety； sent
to Troyes； Prairial 29； to report on the situation of things and on
the troubles in Troyes。） … Albert Babeau； II。； 203； 205 and 112； 122。
… Cf。 179。 〃Gachez； intoxicated； about eleven o'clock at night； with
several women as drunk as himself； compelled the keeper of the Temple
of Reason to open the doors； threatening him with the guillotine。〃 …
Ibid。； 166。 He addressed the sans…culottes in the popular club： 〃Now
is the time to put yourselves in the place of the rich。 Strike； and
don't put it off！〃 … Ibid。； 165。 〃 42 633 livres were placed in the
hands of Gachez and the committee； as secret revolutionary service
money。 。 。 。 Between December 4 and 10 Gachez received 20 000
livres； in three orders； for revolutionary expenses and provisional
aid。 。 。 。 The leaders of the party disposed of these sums without
control and； it may be added； without scruple； Gachez hands over only
four thousand livres to the sectional poor…committee。 On Niv？se 12；
there remains in the treasury of the poor fund only 3738 livres； 12
000 having been diverted or squandered。〃
＇101＇ 〃Frochot；〃 by Louis Passy； 172。 （Letter of Pajot； member of the
revolutionary committee of Aignay…le…Duc。） 〃Denunciations occupied
most of the time at our meetings； and it is there that one could see
the hatreds and vengeance of the colleagues who ruled us。〃
＇102＇ Archives Nationales； D。； § I； No。4。 The following is a sample
among others of the impositions of the revolutionary committees。
（Complaint of Mariotte； proprietor； former mayor of Chatillon…sur…
Seine； Floréal 27； year II。） 〃On Brumaire 23； year II。； I was stopped
just as I was taking post at Mussy； travelling on business for the
Republic； and provided with a commission and passport from the
Minister of war。 。 。 。 I was searched in the most shameful manner；
citizen Ménétrier； member of the committee； used towards me the
foulest language 。 。 。 。 I was confined in a tavern； instead of
two gendarmes which would have been quite sufficient to guard me； I
had the whole brigade； who passed that night and the next day
drinking； until； in wine and brandy the charge against me in the
tavern amounted to sixty francs。 And worse still； two members of the
same committee passed a night guarding me and made me pay for it。 Add
to this； they said openly before me that I was a good pigeon to pluck。
。 。 。 They gave me the escort of a state criminal of the highest
importance； three national gendarmes； mounted； six National Guards；
and even to the Commandant of the National Guard； citizen Mièdan；
member of the revolutionary committee； put himself at the head of the
cortege； ten men to conduct one！ 。 。 。 。 I was obliged to pay my
torturers； fifty francs to the commandant； and sixty to his men。〃
＇103＇ Moniteur； XXI。； 261。 （Speech by an inhabitant of Troyes in the
Jacobin Club； Paris； Messidor 26； year II。）
＇104＇ Albert Babeau； II。； 164。 （Depositions of the tavern…keeper and
of the commissioner； Garnier。）
＇105＇ 〃Frochot；〃 by Louis Passy； 170； 172。 （Letter by Pajot and
petition of the Aignay municipality； March 10； 1795。） … Bibliotheque
Nationale； L。； 41。 No。1802。 （Denunciation by six sections of the
commune of Dijon to the National Convention。）
＇106＇ 〃Recueil de Pièces Authentiques sur la Révolution de
Strasbourg；〃 I。； 187； and letter of Burger； Thermidor 25； year II。
＇107＇ Archives Nationales； D。； § I； 6 （file37） … Letter of the members
of the Strasbourg revolutionary committee； Vent？se 13； year III。；
indicating to the mayor and municipal officers of Chalons…sur…Marne
certain Jacobins of the town as suitable members of the Propaganda at
Strasbourg。
＇108＇ 〃Recueil de Pièces Authentiques concernant la Révolution à
Strasbourg；〃 I。；71。 Deposition of the recorder Weis on the circuit of
the Revolutionary Tribunal； composed of Schneider； Clavel and Taffin。
〃The judges never left the table without having become intoxicated
with everything of the finest； and； in this state； they gathe