Note (LXXII.)—Page [163], line 24.
HOW IT WAS THAT REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS NATURALLY SPRANG UP IN MEN’S MINDS, EVEN UNDER THE OLD MONARCHY.
In 1779 an avocat addressed a petition to the Council for a decree to establish a maximum of the price of straw throughout the whole kingdom.
Note (LXXIII.)—Page [163], line 32.
The Head Engineer, in a letter written to the Intendant, in 1781, relative to a demand for an increase of indemnification, thus expresses himself: ‘The claimant does not pay heed to the fact that the indemnifications granted are an especial favour to the Généralité of Tours, and that people ought to consider themselves very fortunate in recovering only a part of their loss. If such compensations as the claimant requires were to be given, four millions would not suffice.’
Note (LXXIV.)—Page [167], line 39.