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I have seen members of the Convention and even generals on the lists.
Citizen Monge was inscribed."] [Footnote 3124: Thibaudeau, ibid., 97.--"The minister of police made a great hue and cry over the arrest and sending back of a few emigres who returned without permission, or who annoyed the buyers of their property, while, at the same time, it granted surveillance to all who asked for it, paying no attention to the distinction made by the resolution of Vendemiaire 28."] [Footnote 3125: Senatus-consulte of April 26, 1802.] [Footnote 3126: Senatus-consulte of April 26, 1802, title II., articles 16 and 17 .-- Gaudin, Duc de Gaete, "Memoires," I., 183.
(Report on the administration of the Finances in 1803.) "The old proprietors have been reinstated in more than 20,000 hectares of forests."] [Footnote 3127: Thibaudeau, ibid., p.98.
(Speech of the First Consul, Thermidor 24, year IX.) "Some of the emigres who have been pardoned are cutting down their forests, either from necessity or to send money abroad.
I will not allow the worst enemies of the republic, the defenders of ancient prejudices, to recover their fortunes and despoil France.
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