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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 3 (of 6)

CHAPTER IV
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Extract from the deliberations of the department Directory and letter to the king, Jan.28, 1792 .-- Letter of M.Lafiteau, president of the Directory, Jan.30.

(The mob is composed of from five to six hundred persons.

The president is wounded on the forehead by a sword-cut and obliged to leave the town.) Feb.

20, following this, a deputy of the department denounces the Directory as unpatriotic.] [Footnote 2463: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3223.

Letter of M.de Riolle, colonel of the gendarmerie, Jan.


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