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49. Mathiez, 87; Roland, 2: 322, 325; Braesch, 193-195.

50. Rude, 83; Mathiez, 86, 233, 328; Chronique de Paris, no. 18o, June 29; Le
babillard, nos. 23 and 25-26, July 5 and 8-9; Journal de Perlet, no. 700, July
6; Guittard de Floriban, 68.

51. Mathiez, 86-87; Bourdin, 260.

52. Short, 20: 585; Bourdin, 260; Ruault, 250; Mathiez, 88; Roland, 2: 329;
Chronique de Paris, no. 197, July 16; Gower, Io9.

53. Mathiez, 9S, 96-97, too, 1o8.

54. Ibid., Io9.

55. Le babillard, no. 32, July 15; AP 27: 589-595; Lacroix, 285; Panon
Desbassayns, 201; Journal de Perlet, no. 710, July 16.

56. Lacroix, 309-310; Chronique de Paris, no. 195, July 14; Les Revolutions de
Paris, July 13-14, 1791.

57. Lacroix, 324-328, 344-345; Guittard de Floriban, 72; Panon Desbassayns,
201.

58. Ruault, 251; Guittard de Floriban, 72; Gower, ,o6.

59. Mathiez, Iio; Lacroix, 345-348; Roland, 2: 327n.

6o. Lacroix, 350; Mathiez, 112-115.

i. For this and the following paragraph, see Tackett, Becoming a Revolutionary, chaps. I-4.

2. Maupetit, 21 (1905): 213-214; Geoffroy, letter of June 19, 1791; Perisse Du
Luc, letter of September 12, 1790; Vernier, letter of December 6, 1790;
Tackett, "The Constituent Assembly," 162-169.

3. Campmas, letter of August 24, 1790; Lafayette, 3: 175.

4. Tackett, "The Constituent Assembly," 164; Michon, chap. 8.

5. Basquiat de Mugriet, letter of May 31, 1791.

6. Mousset, 255-256; Feuillet de Conches, 2: 48-49; Gower, 79; Michon,
chap. 8.

7. Thibaudeau, 143; Gaultier de Biauzat, 2: 367; AP 27: 358; Lombard-
Taradeau, 360; Toulongeon, 2: 2n.

8. AP 27: 369-372; Maupetit, 22 (1906): 475; Faulcon, 423. See also Carrot,
1: 73.

9. Lafayette, 3: 75-76.

to. AP 27: 359, esp. speech by Camus; Faulcon, 429-430; Levis, 5 (1929): 273.

it. AP 27: 410-412; Geoffroy, letter of June 22; Toulongeon, 2: 2n and 8n;
Thibaudeau, 146-147; Roland, 2: 307.

12. Thibaudeau, 153; AP 27: 359.

13. AP 27: 363, 365-366, 369, 386, 521; Gower, 96.

14. AP 27: 360, 423.

15. AP 27: 478; Faulcon, 422; Maupetit, 22 (1906): 475; Rochambeau, 1: 380;
Dumas, 1: 486-487; Geoffroy, letter of June 22; Basquiat de Mugriet, letter
of June 24; Thibaudeau, 141.

16. AP 27: 394-395, 400.

17. AP 27: 362; Faulcon, 427; AP 27: 370; Fricaud, letter of June 24; Thibaudeau, 153; Levis, 5 (1929): 272; Ferrieres, 362.

18. AP 27: 365, 386; Faulcon, 424.

19. Basquiat de Mugriet, letter of June 24; Fricaud, letter of June 24; Lepoutre, 431, 487; Menard de La Groye, 395; Durand, letter of June 26;
Gantheret, letter of June 24; Faulcon, 440-442; Petion, 191; Bouchette,
600-60, .

20. Lafayette, 3:99; Ferrieres, 368; Lindet, 287; Durand, letter of July 3;
Lafayette, 3: too.

21. Ferrieres, 361; Gaultier de Biauzat, 2: 370; Rabaut Saint-Etienne,
"Correspondance," 265; AP 27: 24-26.

22. Legendre, 70-71.

23. Gaultier de Biauzat, 2: 384; Gantheret, undated letter (July 1791);
Thibaudeau,161-162.

24. AP 27: 517, 538.

25. AP 27: 520-521, 536-543, 617-618.

26. Lindet, 289; AP 27: 543-544, 552-553; Lafayette, 3: 95.

27. The Constitutional Committee and the Committees on Research, Reports,
Military Affairs, Diplomatic Affairs, Criminal Affairs, and Constitutional
Revision: AP 32: 545-570. These committees included most of the leaders
of the moderates in the Assembly, but relatively few of the radicals.

28. Legendre, letter of July 2; Morris, 2: 211; Roger, 74. The official judicial
inquest began only on July it: Bimbenet, 3.

29. Lindet, 293.

30. AP 27: 602-660; Bouille, 252-253.

31. AP 27: 565; AD Aisnes, L 12 and L 78.

32. Irland de Bazoges, letter of June 29; Levis, 5 (1929): 276; Vaudreuil, letter
to his constituency: AN D XXIX bis 36 (1), dos. 368; AP 28: 91-98.

33• Walter, 97; Tackett, "Conspiracy Obsession," 704-706.

34. Les revolutions de France et de Brabant, no. 82.

35. Aulard, Jacobins, 2: 533-538; Bouchette, 599; Lafayette, 3: 84; Gaultier de
Biauzat, 2: 369; also Faulcon, 430; and Roland, 2: 304.

36. Aulard, Jacobins, 2: 554-626.

37• See AP 28: 231-336.

38. This and the following pages are based on the AP for July 13-16: 28: 231-
247,255-271,316-336,377-378.

39. See AP 8: 642.

40. AP 28: 245, 258; Arnaud, 241. Vadier had spoken only six times
previously.

41. AP 28: 326, 362.

42. AP 28: 260-261, 317-318.

43• AP 28: 330.

44. See Gaultier's speech in Aulard, Jacobins, 3: 15.

45. Thibaudeau, 167. Marie-Jeanne Roland thought that about forty deputies
had opposed the committees' bill on July 15: Roland, 2: 32 8.

46. See, for example, Gaultier de Biauzat, 2: 381-382; Basquiat de Mugriet,
letters of July 9 and to; Roger, 75-76; Thibaudeau, 161-162; Dubois, 373375; Maupetit, 22 (1906): 480-482.

47. Arriveur in Dubois, 373; Faulcon, 443-444.

48. Faulcon, 443-444; Gantheret, undated letter (July 1791); also Durand,
letter of July 17.

49. Gantheret, undated letter (July 1791); Durand, letter of July 17; Lindet,
297-298.

50. Le babillard, no. 34, July 17; Panon Desbassayns, 202; Ruault, 249. Also
journal de Perlet, no. 711, July 17; Roland, 2: 331-332; Morris, 2: 219-220.

51. Mathiez, 116-120; Lacroix, 386-387, 391; Aulard, Jacobins, 3: 16; Roland, 2:
331-332; Chronique de Paris, no. 197, July 15.

52. Aulard, Jacobins, 3: 15-18; Mathiez, 122-128, 340-343; Lacroix, 392, 394395; Bourdin, 277; Braesch, 142 (1923): 201-202, 143 (1923): 10-13; Roland,
2: 333-334; Revolutions de Paris, no. 113.

53. Thibaudeau, 162; Gaultier de Biauzat, 2: 386; Legendre, letters of July 16
and 18; Gouvion to Bailly, July 15: BN Ms. Fr. 11697.

54• AP, 28: 363-364, 372; Lacroix, 367.

55. Mathiez, 125-127, 129-130, 344-345; Le babillard, no. 35, July 18; Roland,
2: 334-

56. Lacroix, 399; Le babillard, no. 35, July 18; Roland, 2: 334.

57. Mathiez, 136-144, 269-270, 345-347; Guittard de Floriban, 73-74; Ruault,
258; Chronique de Paris, no. 199, July 17; AN F7 36881 (Seine).

58. Mathiez, 131-136; Lacroix, 431-432.

59. Braesch, 143 (1923): 36-39; Lacroix, 432; Mathiez, 136-138; Rude, 90-91.

6o. AP, 28: 380; Lacroix, 402; Mathiez, 138.

61. AT, 28: 399-401.

62. Lacroix, 403-407; AP, 28: 399-401; Mathiez, 274, 279-281, 350.

63. Guittard de Floriban, 73-74; Alexandre, 140-141; Ruault, 253-54; AP 28:
399-401; Lacroix, 407; Mathiez, 144-148, 274-282.

64. Guittard de Floriban, 74; AP 28: 401; Lacroix, 432; Ruault, 253-254;
Roland, 2: 337, 339; Carrot, 1: 82; Mathiez, 148, 269-270; Burstin, "Une
Revolution a l'oeuvre," 258.

65. Guittard de Floriban, 74.

i. Lindet, 290.

2. AP 27: 359; also AD Marne, i L 329.

3. AD Ardennes, L 78; AD Aube, L 315; AD Aisne, L 6o5; AN D XXIX his
36 (2), dos. 378.

4. AD Meuse, L 2188*; AD Aisne, L 605; AD Ardennes, L 12; AD Vosges,
L 479; Fischbach, Iio-III; AP 27: 662-663; David, 25.

5. Most of what follows is based on AN C 124-131, AN D XXIX bis 33-38,
and a variety of local monographs. See also Reinhard, 81-82, 432; and
Arbellot and Lepetit, 71.

6. AN C 126 (2) (Huningues). The news traveled the 312 miles from Paris to
Lyon in about fifty-eight hours, or 5.4 miles per hour.

7. AN C 124 (2), dos. 4o4B (Aumont).

8. For example, the town of Dole: AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 366.

9. AN C 124 (2), dos. 4o4B (Auxerre); Gaugain, 1: 239-240; Roux, 443-445.

to. Bregail, 97-98; Baumont, 74; AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 368 and 370;
Bruneau, 16o-i6i.

it. Schneider, 19. See also Wahl, 381-382; AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 369
(Beauvais); D XXIX his 35, dos. 361 (Argentan).

12. See Legendre, letter of June 13, 1791; and Bouchette, 632.

13. AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 366; D XXIX his 36, dos. 374.

14. AC Saint-Quentin, I D 3; Baumont, 74-75; Lecesne, 1: 160; Fischbach, 67.

15. AN C 126 (2).

16. AN D XXIX his 36 (2), dos. 378; C 130 (1) (Tours), C 126 (2) (Greves-de-
Tallon); Sol, 2: 82-83.

17. Tackett, Becoming a Revolutionary, 147-148, 152-154, 277; Hunt, Politics,
Culture, and Class, 21, 27; Langlois, 2: 389-393.

18. AP 27: 359.

19. AC Mezieres, BB 23, deliberations of June 22; AN D XXIX his 35, dos.
366.

20. Fischbach, 124; Vidal, 1: 204-205, 214; Rouviere, 360-361; AD Gironde, 3
L to; AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 366; D XXIX his 36, dos. 377; F7 368218
(Morbihan).

21. For example, Biernawski, 146; AN D XXIX his 36 (2), dos. 373.

22. See the reports of the commissioners Dresch and L'Enfant, sent by the
department of Meuse to inspect the frontier fortresses: AD Meuse, L 386.

23. AN C 130 (Sedan); also AP 27: 662; AD Meuse, L 386; AD Meurthe-et-
Moselle, L 212; AD Ardennes, L 78.

24. See, notably, the fears of Varennes itself: Lesort, 12.

25. Bimbenet, 240-248; also Bouille, 258; and Bouille fils, 122-129.

26. AD Meuse, L 385-386 and E Depot 407, I B i; Fournel, 336-337; Pionnier,
111-112.

27. AD Meuse, L 385-386; Lesort, 15, 17; AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 368
(Baudonvilliers).

28. AD Marne, i L 329; Buirette, 552-554.

29. AD Marne, i L 329; and inquest into the riot, AD Marne, 1o L 220.

30. AD Marne, i L 329; AD Haute-Marne, L 274; AD Ardennes, L 78; AD
Aube, L 315; AD Aisne, L 605; Pionnier, ITo; Fischbach, 113-114.

P. Letter from deputies Le Carlier and L'Eleu, June 25: AD Aisne, L 6o5.

32. Gower, 104; AD Gironde, 12 L 13; AP 27: 686; AN C 127 (1) (Mont-de-
Marsans), C 128 (2) (Orthez and Pau), C 129 (2) (Saint-Sever).

33. AN C 128 (2), dos. 433 (Noirmoutier); Biernawski, 148; AN F7 368218
(Morbihan).

34. Binet, 119-120; Gower, 103; AP 27: 663; AN F7 368218 (Morbihan); Panon
Desbassayns, 195; AD Gironde, 12 L 13; AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 366
(Mayenne).

35. AD Aisne, L 605; AD Meuse, L 385; also the reactions in Troyes and
Nancy: AD Aube, L 315; and AD Meurthe-et-Moselle, L 1239.

36. Kaplan, The Famine Plot Persuasion, 1-2, 62; Tackett, "Conspiracy
Obsession," 695-699.

37. Gauville, 46.

38. See, notably, AN D XXIX his 37, dos. 382.

39. See esp. AN D XXIX his 33, dos. 345.

40. AD Aisne, L 604 and L 198; Tackett, Religion, Revolution, and Regional
Culture, 276-279.

41. AN C 130 (2), dos. 455 (Vienne).

42. Bregail, 97-98; also Millot, zoo; and AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 369
(Beauvais).

43• AP 27: 362.

44. For example, Bouvier, Too-101; Gaugain, 2: 239-240; AN D XXIX his 35,
dos. 361 (Argentan).

45. Sol, 2: 8o-81; Fischbach, 200-204.

46. AN F7 368218 (Morbihan); Binet, 116.

47. Pastoors, I: 91; also Fischbach, 67, 73-74, 121-122; AD Meuse, L 385; AD
Ardennes, L 78; Rochambeau, 1: 383; Fougeray Du Coudrey, III; David,
25.

48. Wahl, 395; David, 25; AN C 125 (2) (Cuxac).

49. For example, deliberations of Sezanne, AD Marne, i L 329.

50. See, for example, AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 365.

51. Dupuy, 200-205; also AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 367 (Landerneau) and
dos. 369-370 (Rochefort).

52. AN D XXIX his 34, dos. 349 (Cahors).

53. AP 8: 273-275, 278-279; 17: 695-696. See also Shapiro, 48-55.

54. Deliberations of June 25, AC Pont-a-Mousson, i D 4.

55• AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 366 (Boiscommun); also D XXIX his 35, dos. 365
(Longwy); D XXIX his 38, dos. 389 (Geneva); D XXIX his 35, dos. 361
(Auxonne) and dos. 362 (Boulogne-sur-Mer).

56. AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 364 and 367 (Cahors); AD Aisne, L 605; AN D
XXIX his 36 (2), dos. 376 (Senlis) and 373 (Painbeuf).

57. Rouviere, 367-369; AD Aisne, L 604 (Soissons, June 24); AN D XXIX his
36 (1), dos. 367; AD Meuse, L 386; Louis-Philippe, 43-47; Henwood and
Monange, 102.

58. AN D XXIX his 36 (2), dos. 375 (Neufchatel); D XXIX his 33, dos. 344
(Neuf-Brisach).

59. AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 363; and D XXIX his 36 (2), dos. 373 (Saint-
Cyr-sur-Char). Also the inspection of a chateau near Fuligny: AD Aube,
L 315.

6o. AN F7 36827 (Marne); and AP 29: 587.

61. Wahl, 387-392; AN D XXIX his 36 (2), dos. 374; AP 29: 422; and Viola,
129-148.

62. Also killed were de Patrys in Brest, the count de Tralong in Brittany, and
the count de Dampierre outside Sainte-Menehould. On the last, see
Lefebvre, "Le meurtre du comte de Dampierre."

63. AN D XXIX 81 (Varennes).

64. AN C 125 (2) (Chalonne); D XXIX his 35, dos. 361 (Argentan); D XXIX
his 36 (1), dos. 367 (Landerneau); Binet, Io6-1o7.

65. Tackett, Religion, Revolution, and Regional Culture, 276-279; AD Gironde,
12 L 13 (July 2).

66. Bruneau, 161-163; Wahl, 385-386.

67. Dupuy, 200-205; Binet, 116-118; AN D XXIX his 35, dos. 365 (La Roche-
Derrien); F7 368218 (Morbihan).

68. Dupuy, 201-205; Binet, 116-17; AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 369-370; F7
368218 (Morbihan); and D XXIX his 35, dos. 365.

69. AN D XXIX his 36 (1), dos. 367.

i. See, for example, Legendre, 71; Geoffroy, letter of June 22.

2. Thelander, 472-475; Goubert, 27-30; Bloch, 224-226.

3. Goubert, 3o; Hunt, Family Romance, chap. 2.

4. Markoff, 370-375; and AP vols. 1-8.

5. Egret, 39o-395; Gottschalk and Maddox, 114, 205-206.

6. AN C 104 (1) (Troyes). There are many similar statements in this dossier.

7. Kennedy, 26o-261, 266-267; AN C 125 (2) (Coudray).

8. AN C 125 (1) (Chateaurenard); Bruneau, 164; Dubois, 330; Gaugain, I:
239; Gower, 69. Thanksgiving ceremonies for Louis' recovery are
mentioned in virtually every local monograph on the Revolutionary period.

9. 1 have analyzed only statements drafted in the name of collective bodies. Letters by individuals have been excluded. Such statements were signed by
as few as three or four or as many as several hundred individuals. Most
such statements were found in AN C 124-130 (filed in alphabetical order by
town or department). This corpus was supplemented by documents
identified in selected departmental archives and in printed local studies. The
corpus contains a total of 662 statements from 392 communities. The AN
series has also been examined by Paul Girault de Coursac in a strongly
promonarchist study, "L'opinion publique apres Varennes." Girault de
Coursac's figures and conclusions are different from mine.