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Article MONTHLY CHRONICLE. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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Monthly Chronicle.
defacing the tree of liberty , frauds in the articles of clothing , provision , or forage for the armies , exclaiming Vive le Hoi , furnishing money to Emigrants , checking the circulation of assignats , attempting to re-establish Royalty , trampling on _ she National cockade , and substituting the black cockade , ridiculing the decrees of the Convention , proposing an Agrarian law , proc / aiming Louis XVII . conspiring against the unity and indivisibility of the Republic . From its institution in August 1792 , to the 27 th day of July 1794 , the memo- , rable day when Robespierre svas deposed , the persons svho suffered its dreadful sentence of decapitation svere
Marie Antoinette the Queen of France . The Princess Elizabeth , sister of ' the late King . 6 Princes . 3 Princesses . . 6 Dukes . 2 Duchesses . 14 Marquisses .
2 Marchionesses . 3 Barons of the Empire . 23 Counts . 6 Countesses . 3 Viscounts . 214 Ex-nobles . 12 Knights of Saint Louis . 127 married women , wives of Ex-nobles ,
and others . 45 single women and women divorced . 76 widows of Ex-nobles and others . 4 Abbots and Abbesses . 2 Conslinvumial Bishops . 14 Friars and Monks of the different Orders . 153 Priests , Curates , and Vicars .
X 7 Constitutional Priests . 23 Nuns of the different Orders . 2 Marshals of France . 13 Marshals des Camps . 47 Generals , Lieutenant-Gcnerals , and . Brigadiers . 22 Colonels and Lieutenant-Colonels . 8 Majors . 50 Captains of Cavalry and Infantry .
17 Aides des Camps and Adjutants . 2 Admirals . 1 Commodore . 8 Captains of Vessels . 41 Lieutenants of the Army and Navy . 7 Ollicers of the Artillery . 84 Soldiers , National Guards , and others ; . 33 . Members of the National Convention
. 4 Members of the Legislative Assembly . 29 Members ofthe ConstituentAssem-W / . 3 Ministers of State . 30 Mayors of Cities and Towns . 22 Judges . 19 Justices ofthe Peace .
24 Authors , Literary Men , and Editors of Ness-spapers . 17 S Counsellors , Presidents of Parliaments , Lawyers , Attornies , and No-, taries . 109 Gentlemen . 12 Bankers . 3 8 Merchants and Factors . Commissaries of
105 War , MaHne , National Agents , and Contractors . 166 Municipal Officers , Clerks in Public Offices , Administrators of Districts and Departments , Police , Sec . Auditors of Accounts , Registers and Receivers , and 941 Persons of different Trades and Descriptions .
Making together 2774 persons . The oldest person sentenced was Monsieur Dupin , a Counsellor of the Parliament of Thoulouse , whose extreme age of ninety-seven pleaded in vain for mercy . He and twenty-five move Counsellors of the same Parliament , and four of the Parliament of Paris , were executed at the same time . The youngest person sentenced was Charles Dubost , aged only fourteen , who , with his brother and father ,, suffered the same morning . Twenty-nine times in the short period that France groaned beneath its tyrandid a parent
ny accompany his child to death : and the conspiracy of Verdun , as it was termed , sent at the same moment three beautiful sisters , the eldest only twenty-five , to the scaffold 1 From the 27 fh of July to the 15 th December 1794 , the labours ofthe tribunal became meritorious , asduring that interval no persons received sentence but Robespierre himself , and about one hundred of his accomplices ; and it svill be recollected with satisfaction , that shortly after , the Judges and Jurymen of this never-sparing Court shared the fate ot their patron and protector .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
defacing the tree of liberty , frauds in the articles of clothing , provision , or forage for the armies , exclaiming Vive le Hoi , furnishing money to Emigrants , checking the circulation of assignats , attempting to re-establish Royalty , trampling on _ she National cockade , and substituting the black cockade , ridiculing the decrees of the Convention , proposing an Agrarian law , proc / aiming Louis XVII . conspiring against the unity and indivisibility of the Republic . From its institution in August 1792 , to the 27 th day of July 1794 , the memo- , rable day when Robespierre svas deposed , the persons svho suffered its dreadful sentence of decapitation svere
Marie Antoinette the Queen of France . The Princess Elizabeth , sister of ' the late King . 6 Princes . 3 Princesses . . 6 Dukes . 2 Duchesses . 14 Marquisses .
2 Marchionesses . 3 Barons of the Empire . 23 Counts . 6 Countesses . 3 Viscounts . 214 Ex-nobles . 12 Knights of Saint Louis . 127 married women , wives of Ex-nobles ,
and others . 45 single women and women divorced . 76 widows of Ex-nobles and others . 4 Abbots and Abbesses . 2 Conslinvumial Bishops . 14 Friars and Monks of the different Orders . 153 Priests , Curates , and Vicars .
X 7 Constitutional Priests . 23 Nuns of the different Orders . 2 Marshals of France . 13 Marshals des Camps . 47 Generals , Lieutenant-Gcnerals , and . Brigadiers . 22 Colonels and Lieutenant-Colonels . 8 Majors . 50 Captains of Cavalry and Infantry .
17 Aides des Camps and Adjutants . 2 Admirals . 1 Commodore . 8 Captains of Vessels . 41 Lieutenants of the Army and Navy . 7 Ollicers of the Artillery . 84 Soldiers , National Guards , and others ; . 33 . Members of the National Convention
. 4 Members of the Legislative Assembly . 29 Members ofthe ConstituentAssem-W / . 3 Ministers of State . 30 Mayors of Cities and Towns . 22 Judges . 19 Justices ofthe Peace .
24 Authors , Literary Men , and Editors of Ness-spapers . 17 S Counsellors , Presidents of Parliaments , Lawyers , Attornies , and No-, taries . 109 Gentlemen . 12 Bankers . 3 8 Merchants and Factors . Commissaries of
105 War , MaHne , National Agents , and Contractors . 166 Municipal Officers , Clerks in Public Offices , Administrators of Districts and Departments , Police , Sec . Auditors of Accounts , Registers and Receivers , and 941 Persons of different Trades and Descriptions .
Making together 2774 persons . The oldest person sentenced was Monsieur Dupin , a Counsellor of the Parliament of Thoulouse , whose extreme age of ninety-seven pleaded in vain for mercy . He and twenty-five move Counsellors of the same Parliament , and four of the Parliament of Paris , were executed at the same time . The youngest person sentenced was Charles Dubost , aged only fourteen , who , with his brother and father ,, suffered the same morning . Twenty-nine times in the short period that France groaned beneath its tyrandid a parent
ny accompany his child to death : and the conspiracy of Verdun , as it was termed , sent at the same moment three beautiful sisters , the eldest only twenty-five , to the scaffold 1 From the 27 fh of July to the 15 th December 1794 , the labours ofthe tribunal became meritorious , asduring that interval no persons received sentence but Robespierre himself , and about one hundred of his accomplices ; and it svill be recollected with satisfaction , that shortly after , the Judges and Jurymen of this never-sparing Court shared the fate ot their patron and protector .