Marie-Anne Lardoul.
Perrine Cormier.
De Saint Cristan.
Mangourit.
Cormier, Prior-Rector of la Baionges.
Françoise Lecomte—Imbault.
Cormier.
P. F. d’Oultremer, Rector.”
Municipal Archives of Rennes, series G.G., Parish of Saint-Sauveur, Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials for 1740. We owe the greater part of our information relative to the sojourn of Cormier at Rennes to the kindness of our lamented confrère, M. Parfouru, departmental archivist.
[54] Barthélemy Pocquet, Le pouvoir absolu et l’esprit provincial: Le Duc d’Aiguillon et La Chalotais, Paris, 1900-1901, 3 vols. 8vo.
[55] It was entitled, Tableau des assemblées secrètes et fréquentes des Jesuites et leurs affilés a Rennes.
[56] Archives of Maitre Motel, notary, of Paris.
[57] “Memo. of the effects belonging to M. Cormier.—Winter, spring, and autumn garments: A coat, vest, and breeches of velvet with figured stripes. A coat, vest, and breeches of reddish-brown satin, with diamond buttons. A coat, vest, and breeches of velvet patterned with large flowers; and also of velvet patterned with small bouquets. Two pairs of black satin breeches. A coat in purple embroidered cloth, with coloured braid, the vest of gold striped cloth, embroidered same. A grey cloth dress-coat, lined crimson satin, vest of gold ribbed cloth. A green cloth dress-coat and vest, braided with gold. A grey quilted coat, vest, and breeches. Two quilted vests, one green, the other fawn. A redingote in best napped cloth. A knitted coat, lined plush; the vest of quilted grey satin. Coat, vest, and breeches in pale yellow velvet. Coat, vest, and breeches in black velvet. A hazel-coloured cloth, coat striped blue, lined blue, vest silver ground, ribbed. A coat of gourgouran, embroidered lined marten fur, vest of satin embroidered en gay, breeches of gourgouran, with garter embroidered. Silk waistcoat, striped blue and white. Two reddish-brown pelisses, one with gold bugles, lined white fur. Riding-coat and vest of Silesian cloth, embroidered in gold, steel buttons. Summer garments: Black-and-olive silk coat and embroidered vest. Coat of musulmane, vest and breeches embroidered gold. Blue lustrine coat, vest, and breeches, silver buttons. Grey musulmane dress-coat and breeches, lined pink-and-green muslin, embroidered gold. Dress-coat grey-and-blue ribbed cloth, embroidered silver and lilac, and two pairs of breeches. Dress-coat grey musulmane, ditto breeches, vest of gourgouran, embroidered lilac, and muslin vest, embroidered gold, lined lilac. Reddish-brown dress-coat, lined green; ditto breeches.... Grey camlet dress-coat, embroidered bronze spangles, white vest, embroidered black. Coat in lilac éternelle, white dimity vest, embroidered and piped cold. White-and-lilac silk vest. Coat, vest, and breeches crimson gourgouran, embroidered white, with tassels. Dress-coat, purple gourgouran. Grey-and-white striped camlet riding-coat. Two vests and two pairs breeches. Striped circaça (old). Two vests and two pairs breeches white circaça, striped white. White quilted vest. Vest and breeches, yellow-and-white circaça. Pair of trousers, grey cotton ribbed. Grey silk trousers. White cotton-cloth trousers. Damask dressing-gown and vest. Taffetas dressing-gown and vest. Three hats.”—Archives of Maître Motel, notary, of Paris.
[58] Jean Baptiste Butler had married firstly, at Rochelle, in 1741, his wife being Suzanne Bonfils, by whom he had one son, Jacques-Pierre-Charles Patrice (born at Rochelle, 1743, died 1793, married in 1769, Germaine-Marie-Félicité de Butler); and one daughter, Marie-Anne-Suzanne-Rosalie Butler, who became Mme. Cormier. He married, secondly, at Saint-Domingo, Julie de Trousset d’Héricourt, by whom he had a son, Jean-Pantaléon, born at Saint-Domingo, 1753; captain of dragoons in the Militia of the Colony from 1768 to 1772; musketeer, 2nd company, May 24, 1772; sub-lieutenant, January 14, 1777; captain, February 28, 1778, promoted December 5, 1784; captain commanding, May 1, 1788; chief of squadron, June 12, 1790.—Archives of War Office.
[59] Ernst Mellié, Les sections de Paris pendant la Revolution française, 1898, p. 7.
[60] A. Challamel, Les clubs contre-révolutionnaires. A collection of documents relating to the history of Paris. Paris, 1895, 8vo, pp. 67 et seq.
[61] Mémoires de Mme. la Duchesse de Tourzel, published by the Duc Des Cars, Paris, 3rd edition, 1893, vol. ii. p. 16.