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[ Moniteur, sitting of June 1, 1790. Speech by M. Freteau.—Mercure de France. November 26, 1791. Report by Lafont-Ladebat.]
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[ "Archives Nationales," H, 2453. correspondence of M. de Bercheny, June 5, 1790, etc.—F7, 3226. Letters of Chenantin, cultivator, November 7, 1792, also of the prosecuting attorney, November 6.—F7, 3269. Minutes of the meeting of the municipality of Clugnac, August 5th, 1792.—F7, 3202. Letter of the Minister of Justice, Duport, January 3, 1792. "The utter absence of public force in the district of Montargis renders every operation of the Government and all execution of the laws impossible. The arrears of taxes to be collected is here very considerable, while all proceedings of constraint are dangerous and impossible to execute, owing to the fears of the bailiffs, who dare not perform their duties, and the violence of the tax-payers, on whom there is no check.">[
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[ Report of the Committee on Finances, by Ramel, 19th Floréal, year II (The Constituent Assembly had fixed the real tax of a house at one-sixth of its letting value.)]
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[ Mercure de France, December 12, 1789.—"Archives Nationales," F7, 3268. Memorandum from the officers in command of the detachment of the Paris National Guard stationed at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (April, 1790). Certificate of the Municipal Officers of Poissy, March 31.]
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[ Mercure de France, March 12 and 26, 1791.—"Archives Nationales," H, 1453. Letter of the police-lieutenant of Blois, April 22, 1790.—Mercure de France, July 24, 1790. Two of the murderers exclaimed to those who tried to save one of the keepers, "Hanging is well done at Paris! Bah, you are aristocrats! We shall be talked about in the gazettes of Paris." (Deposition of witnesses.)—Decrees and proclamations regarding the protection of the forests, November 3 and December 11, 1789.—Another in October, 1790.—Another June 29, 1791.]