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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 3 (of 6)

CHAPTER III
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At the third ballot in this town of from 32,000 to 35,000 souls, the mayor-elect obtains 400 out of 555 votes.] [Footnote 3329: Moniteur, XV.

184 to 233 (the roll-call of those who voted for the death of Louis XVI) .-- Dumouriez, II.

73 (Dumouriez reaches Paris Feb.

2, 1793, after visiting the coasts of Dunkirk and Antwerp): "All through Picardy, Artois, and maritime Flanders Dumouriez found the people in consternation at the tragic end of Louis XVI.

He noticed that the very name of Jacobin excited horror as well as fear."] [Footnote 3330: This number, so important, is verified by the following passages:--Moniteur, session of Dec.


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