[12] Louis Otto to De Montmorin, March 10, 1792; Writings: Conway, iii, 153.
[13] Ib., 154-56.
[14] Morris associated with the nobility in France and accepted the aristocratic view. (Ib.; and see A. Esmein, Membre de l'Institut: Gouverneur Morris, un témoin américain de la révolution française, Paris, 1906.)
[15] Marshall, ii, note xvi, p. 17.
[16] Recent investigation establishes the fact that the inmates of the Bastille generally found themselves very well off indeed. The records of this celebrated prison show that even prisoners of mean station, when incarcerated for so grave a crime as conspiracy against the King's life, had, in addition to remarkably abundant meals, an astonishing amount of extra viands and refreshments including comfortable quantities of wine, brandy, and beer. Prisoners of higher station fared still more generously, of course. (Funck-Brentano: Legends of the Bastille, 85-113; see also ib., introduction.) It should be said, however, that the lettres de cachet were a chief cause of complaint, although the stories, generally exaggerated, concerning the cruel treatment of prisoners came to be the principal count of the public indictment of the Bastille.
[17] Lafayette to Washington, March 17, 1790; Cor. Rev.: Sparks, iv, 322.
[18] Washington to Lafayette, August 11, 1790; Writings: Ford, xi, 493.
[19] Paine to Washington, May 1, 1790; Cor. Rev.: Sparks, iv, 328. Paine did not, personally, bring the key, but forwarded it from London.
[20] Burke in the House of Commons; Works: Burke, i, 451-53.
[21] Ib.