[47] Aulard, who quotes Charavay, Assemblée electorale de Paris.
[48] Chassin, Les Elections et les Cahiers de Paris, iii. 580-581, on which this whole scene is based.
[49] Aulard, Revue de la Révolution Française, February 14, 1893.
[50] See the figures given in the petition against Danton’s arrest, [p. 108].
[51] This decree was passed by the Cordeliers on Tuesday, July 21, 1789. It is not so unreasonable as it might seem, for but two days afterwards (July 23rd) the informal municipal body recognises the necessity of new city elections.
[52] Signed 21st September; promulgated 3rd November.
[53] An excellent example is on p. 45 of Danton, Homme d’État.
[54] Their names were Peyrilhe, De Blois, De Granville, Dupré, Croharé. They can be found, with all the decrees touching this business, in Danton, Homme d’État (Robinet, 1889), p. 248. Printed, like all the Cordeliers’ decrees, by Momoro in the Rue de la Harpe, and signed, “d’Anton.”
[55] It may be remembered that Bougeart (p. 69) claims the presidency for Danton at the very beginning of ’89. The error of this has been pointed out. On the other hand, Aulard says he was not President till October. This is another error. There is at least one earlier document, that of September, quoted on the preceding page.
[56] They had sat for a while at the Evéché; on the Island of the Cité, while the Manège was being prepared.