741 Letter of the civil commissioners, also of the Avignon municipality, March 23.] [Footnote 2454: "The French Revolution," vol.I.pp.

344-352, on the sixth jacquerie, everywhere managed by the Jacobins.

Two or three traits show its spirit and course of action.

("Archives Nationales," F7, 3202.
Letter of the Directory of the district of Aurillac, March 27, 1792, with official reports.) "On the 20th of March, about forty brigands, calling themselves patriots and friends of the constitution, force honest and worthy but very poor citizens in nine or ten of the houses of Capelle-Viscamp to give them money, generally five francs each person, and sometimes ten, twenty, and forty francs." Others tear down or pillage the chateaux of Rouesque, Rode, Marcoles, and Vitrac and drag the municipal officers along with them.

"We, the mayor and municipal officers of the parish of Vitrac, held a meeting yesterday, March 22, following the example of our neighboring parishes on the occasion of the demolition of the chateaux.