Volume 1 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 1 (of 6) 37/42 Proces-verbal of January 12, 1789.] [Footnote 1222: Necker, "De l'Administration des Finances," V.II. "The house Orleans, he says, is in possession of the excises." He estimates this tax at 51,000,000 for the entire kingdom.] [Footnote 1223: Beugnot, "Memoires," V.I.p. 77. Observe the ceremonial system with the Duc de Penthievre, chapters I., III. |