His papers were restored, with the exception of three relating to political subjects.
He afterwards fled to Switzerland, and ungratefully represented himself as having been oppressed by Bonaparte.

His false statements have induced many writers to make of him an heroic victim.

He was assassinated by his own servant in 1802.
I kept a copy of one of his most interesting papers.

It has been much spoken of, and Fauche-Borel has, I believe, denied its authenticity and the truth of its contents.

The manner in which it fell into the hands of the General-in-Chief, the importance attached to it by d'Entraigues, the differences I have observed between the manuscript I copied and versions which I have since read, and the knowledge of its authenticity, having myself transcribed it from the handwriting of the Count, who in my presence vouched for the truth of the facts it details--all these circumstances induce me to insert it here, and compel me to doubt that it was, as Fauche-Borel asserted, a fabrication.
This manuscript is entitled, 'My Conversation with Comte de Montgaillard, on the 4th of December 1796, from Six in the Afternoon till midnight, in the presence of the Abbe Dumontel.' [On my copy are written the words, "Extracts from this conversation, made by me, from the original." I omitted what I thought unimportant, and transcribed only the most interesting passages.