Historical Epochs of the French Revolution - With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France - And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death by Henry Goudemetz
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Decreed, that all strangers in France, especially English, be committed to prison. Decreed, that all forests and all crops of corn in La Vendée be burnt. Decreed, that every vestige of royalty be destroyed. Decreed, that the trial of the Queen be commenced. Decreed, that a camp of 300,000 men be formed between Valenciennes and Paris. The invention of the telegraph laid before the convention. The effects of the India company seized and sealed. The members of the revolutionary tribunal doubled, in order that they may be able to go through business more expeditiously. 31. Engagement between the republicans and Sardinians. Motion by Danton, to pass a national sponge over the enormous number of assignats. _Aug_. 1. The convention regulates an uniformity of weights and measures in the republic. It denounces to all Europe the government of England. Ordered, that the Queen be sent to the ordinary prison of the Conciergerie, and given up to the revolutionary tribunal. Chambon moves, that all castles be erased from the face of the republic. 2. A fire in the arsenal of Huningen. 7. Decreed, that Pitt is the enemy of the human race. |
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