“Ensuite à la réquisition des parties nous nous sommes ... transportés dans une maison, rue du Pæon, Hotel de Tours ... où il a été procédé à l’estimation d’un cabriolet, d’un cheval, d’une jument et harnais.... Le C. Antoine-François Charpentier, notaire, demeurant rue du l’Arbre-Sec, a comparu ... et le C. François-Jerome Charpentier, nᵒ. 3 Quai de l’École....”

(The rest of the document is a long account of the raising of the seals on various occasions, from March 1 to April 5. It contains nothing of interest.)

(b) Summary of the Inventory taken in Danton’s House after his First Wife’s Death, 25th February 1793.

“L’an mil sept cent quatre vingt-treize, le deuxième de la République française, le vingt-cinq février, huit heures du matin.

“A la requête de Georges-Jacques Danton, député a la Convention Rationale, demeurant, etc. ... il va être par lesdits notaires a Paris soussignés, procédé à l’inventaire de tous les biens, meubles, &c.... dans les lieux composant l’appartement du premier étage d’une maison située a Paris, rue des Cordeliers, passage du Commerce, appartenant au Sieur Boullenois.”

(Here follow the details of the Inventory, of which I give a summary in English.)

Livres
In the Cellar.—Three pieces of Burgundy, 62 bottles of claret, 92 bottles of Burgundy, a small barrel of white wine600
In the Kitchen.—The usual batterie de cuisine of a French household, enumerated in detail, and valued at208
In the Pantry and Offices of the Kitchen.—A few chairs, a pair of scales, cups, saucers, and so forth98
In a Bedroom adjoining, and giving on the Cour de Commerce.—The usual furniture; probably a dressing-room. Here was the watch found on Danton after his execution, his writing-table, &c.: the whole, including dishes in the cupboard and a stove264
In a larger Bedroom giving on the Rue des Cordeliers.—After the usual furniture, a small piano, a guitar, two looking-glasses, and a writing-table990
In a little Room opening out of this.—Usual furniture of a small study or boudoir, furnished in the white wood of the period470
In the Drawing-room.—The furniture, mostly grey and white, no piece worth any special mention992
A large cupboard near the chimney contained some summer clothes put away, and the sword which Danton had worn in the old Bataillon of the Cordeliers. The whole valued at332
In a little Room looking on an inner court (evidently used as a Library, the list of whose books will be found on p. 380):—Furniture, chiefly bookcases, to the value of160
In a little Lumber-room.—Three empty trunks and a bed16
In two little Rooms adjoining.—Furniture (mostly put away)214

The rest of the inventory mentions the household linen, the clothes, the plate, and the jewels. The summary is as follows:—

Household linen, in all734
Clothes, including every item925
Plate, including several wedding presents, marked with initials291
Knives and forks other than plate20
Jewellery (including two women’s rings, set with brilliants, and a wedding-ring)509

This gives us the whole value of the furniture, clothing, &c., in the house, and it amounts to a total of just over 9000 livres, that is, about £360. There was £50 in money in the house, which he had left with his wife before going off to Belgium.