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to. Of 72 statements sent during this period, 22 (31 percent) were primarily
sympathetic toward the king, 21 (29 percent) were primarily critical of him,
26 (36 percent) made no mention of him, and 3 (4 percent) were
ambiguous.

it. AN C 124-130, letters of Privas, Montrichard, Chateauroux, Arras, and
Limoges; Ville de Rouen, 33. See also AD Haute-Marne, L 274 (Saint-
Dizier).

12. AN C 130 (2), dos. 454 (Vendome).

13. AN C 130 (2) (Toulon); Labroue, 147.

14. Boutier and Boutry, i6 and passim.

15. Miles, 1: 250; Labroue, 152; AD Meuse, L 2188*; AD Gironde, 12 L 13.

i6. Connac, 64-65; AN C 130 (1), dos. 449 (Tours).

17. A total of 265 letters were received during this period, of which 116 (44
percent) were sent by Jacobin clubs. Of the 265, 44 (17 percent) revealed
sympathy for Louis; 3 (1 percent) were ambiguous.

i8. Labroue, 27-28; AN C 125 (1), dos. 406 (Brioude).

19. A total of 155 (58.5 percent) of the 265. Of these, 88 (56 percent) were
from Jacobins.

zo. AN C 124-130, letters of Lauzun, Vesoul, Condom, Nevers, Dole,
Mirambeau, Fecamp, and Le Puy.

21. AN C 124-130, letters of Montfort-l'Amaury, Ales, Toulouse, Niort;
Pommeret, 140-141.

22. AN C 129 (2) (Saint-Paul-les-Trois-Chateaux) and C 128 (2) (Nantes).

23. A total of 63 (24 percent) of the 265, of whom 18 (29 percent) were from
Jacobin clubs.

24. AN C 124-130, letters of Aix-en-Provence, Marennes, Colmar, Col-
longues, Castelnaudary, and Crevy.

25. AN C 124-130, letters of La Bassee, Besancon, Mirambeau, ibid.; Millot,
205.

26. Kennedy, 274; AN C 124-130, letters of Le Puy and Ales.

27. A total of 62 (23.5 percent) of the 265 letters. Our list of such radical
addresses is certainly incomplete. Michael Kennedy, who examined local Jacobin archives throughout the country, found over 6o asking that the
king be deposed: Kennedy, 273. However, most of the locations are not
mentioned by the author, and they have not been counted here.

28. A total of 32 (52 percent) of the 62.

29. AN C 128 (1), dos. 431 (Montauban); Fray-Fournier, 39-40; AN C 128 (2),
dos. 433 (Nantes).

30. Legendre, letter of July 1o; Wahl, 397-398; Mathiez, 93; Hugueney, 137.

31. AN C 126 (1) (Dole).

32. AN C 129 (2) (Saint-Claud); C 128 (2) (Niort); Lecesne, 1: 158.

33. Roland, 2: 305, 319.

34. AP 4: 44-58.

35• Chobaut, 548-551; Duval-Jouve, 1: 177; Peronnet, 142.

36. AN C 128 (1) (Montpellier).

37. Those of Beziers, Pezenas, Perpignan, Bar-le-Duc, and Strasbourg.

38. Chobaut, 554-556; AD Gironde, 12 L 13; AD Meuse, L 2188*; Roux, 364;
Fray-Fournier, 39-4o; Thibaudeau, 138.

39. AN C 124-130, letters of Belleville and Chateauroux.

40. Of 325 letters received during this period, only 22 (7 percent) were
sympathetic to the king; 67 (20.5 percent) condemned him, and 236 (72.5
percent) made no mention of him. The one town describing the kingship as
"sacred" was Bourbon-Lancy: AN C 125 (1).

41. AN C 124-130, letters of Etain, Aire, and Ales; Pommeret, 141.

42. AN C 124-130, letters of Abbeville, Montreuil-sur-Mer, and Fontenay-le-
Comte.

43. AN C 124-130, letters of Caen, Grenoble, Etampes, and Peronne.

44. AN C 124-130, letters of Castres, Josselin, Pons, and Bourges.

45. A total of 39 (12 percent) of the 325.

46. AN C 124-130, letters of Besancon, Troyes, Argentan, and La Teste.

47. For example, Legendre, letter of July 19; AN C 124-130, letters of
Lamballe, Montpellier, Quimper, Macon, Perigueux, Charolles, and
Saintes.

,. AP 28: 402-405; Lacroix, 441-443; Mathiez, 193-194; Gower, Ito.

2. Gower, 108; Andress, 207-208. All the individuals mentioned here
managed to flee or hide out from the police. The Committees on Research
and Reports were formally combined in mid-July.

3. AN D XXIX his 31 B, dos. 321; D XXIX his 33, dos. 348; D XXIX bis 34,
dos. 349-350; AP 28: 543; Mathiez, 201-205; Reinhard, 153.

4. Gaultier de Biauzat, letter of December 23; Basquiat de Mugriet, letter of July 19; also AP 28: 365; Bouchette, 614; Durand, letter of July 24;
Maupetit, 22 (1906): 480; Thibaudeau, 166-167; Lepoutre, 494; Faulcon,
445; Legendre, 73-76; Dubois, 373.

5. Roland, 2: 335; Short, 20: 654-655, 674.

6. Burstin, "Une Revolution a l'oeuvre," 262; Ruault, 254.

7. Burstin, "Une Revolution a l'oeuvre," 258-262; Au lard, Jacobins, 3: 25 and
following; Reinhard, 283, 301; Tackett, "Les deputes de l'Assemblee
legislative," 142.

8. Rabaut Saint-Etienne, "Correspondance," 269-270; Gaultier de Biauzat, 2:
389; Vernier, letters of August 6 and 23; Bouchette, 623.

9. Sagnac, "Marie-Antoinette et Barnave," 209-213.

to. Thibaudeau, 183-184; Maupetit, 23 (1907): 92. See also Lindet, 310-311;
Vernier, letters of August 3 and 15; Legendre, letter of September 3. By
September only sixty to seventy people were said to be attending the
Feuillant Club; Perisse Du Luc, letter of September 2.

it. Bouchette, 632; Thibaudeau, 200.

12. AP 30: 620-621, 635; Sagnac, "Marie-Antoinette et Barnave," 223.

13. AP 30: 621, 632-633, 646.

14. Campan, 291-292; Lafayette, 3: 94; Gaultier de Biauzat, 2: 399-400; Roger,
79; Maupetit, 23 (1907): 114-115; Levis, 5: 284; Colson, 203; Faulcon, 261263; Short, 21: 106.

15. Legendre, letter of August 31; Vernier, letter of September 19; Thibaudeau,
182-183; Faulcon, 455, 461-463; Lindet, 318; also Gaultier de Biauzat, letter
of September 27.

16. Sagnac, "Marie-Antoinette et Barnave," 212-241.

17. Arneth, 185.

18. Girault de Coursac and Girault de Coursac, 263-270. Note, however, that
Louis was suspicious of his brothers, and it is uncertain to what extent he
would have divulged his full sentiments to them.

19. Sagnac, La Revolution, 337; also Price, 445-447.

20. Legendre, letter of September 5, 1791; Lepoutre, 501.

21. Goetz-Bernstein, 29-30, 154-158; Kaiser, 263-270.

22. See esp. Jordan, 72-73, 108-114, 126-136.

23. AP 55: 3-5. There were thirty-three articles in the indictment.

24. Lenotre, 327-349.

25. Lenotre, 302-307.

26. Soderhjelm, Fersen et Marie-Antoinette, 320-322.

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D XXIX bis 31-38: Correspondence received by the Committee on Research.

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F7 368218 (Morbihan): ibid.

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