[The Origins of Contemporary France<br> Volume 3 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book
The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 3 (of 6)

CHAPTER IV
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Dispatches of the three commissioners, April 27, May 4, 18, and 21.] [Footnote 2452: Three hundred and thirty-five witnesses testified during the trial .-- De Dampmartin, I.266.Entry of the French army into Avignon, Nov.

16, 1791: "All who were rich, except a very small number, had taken flight or perished.

The best houses were all empty or closed."-- --Elections for a new municipality were held Nov.26, 1791.

Out of 2,287 active citizens Mayor Levieux de Laverne obtains 2,227 votes, while the municipal officer lowest on the list 1,800.

All are Constitutionalists and conservatives.] [Footnote 2453: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196.


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