Mademoiselle D Eon Debt Dispute Becomes Public Auction
In 1791, Mademoiselle D Eon demands justice from a Peer of the Realm over a debt tied to a French noblewoman’s funds. She declares creditors in London will sell her English possessions at Christie’s Pall Mall, auctioning books, manuscripts, clothes, arms, and jewels to reclaim justice and honor.
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Stanton Harold
Mademoiselle D
England
Leicester
Derby
France
Mademoiselle D’eon
Mademoiselle
London
Christie
Pall Mall
Dragoons
Letter from the Duke de Polignac to Mafpe and Caza Les
A letter from the Duke de Polignac to M. de Cazales defends his family’s titles and gifts, laments exile, and rejects charges of ingratitude while pledging loyalty to France and its king. The Paris crowd later honors a Patriot with a grand funeral procession including clergy, guards, and civic leaders. The ceremony ends with interment beside Descartes in St Genevieve’s tomb.
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Duke DE Pouzen Xes
Mafpe
Caza Les
National Assembly
Lord Ferrers Urged to Honor Debt of Honour
The article discusses Mademoiselle D Eon demanding repayment of a money entrusted by the late King of France. It argues that Lord Ferrers should honor the debt to avoid staining his noble family’s reputation. Witnesses support that he would have done justice if alive, as he now enjoys improvements at Stanton Harold financed by D Eon.
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Washington Earl Ferrers
France
Mademoiselle D’eon
Stanton Harold
Madempoiselle
Mademoiselle
Ferrers
Parisians Expose a Counterfeit Bishop Conspiracy
On Easter Sunday a cohort of fifteen clerics were to be consecrated as bishops in Paris, divided into two groups. Six were first consecrated, then ten appeared, all in sacred vestments. One man stood out as a thief among the meek, an old Guards soldier masquerading as clergy. A prisoner was seized, exposed as impostor while other electors of the diocese, redefined by the National Assembly, had chosen their bishops through constitutional rite.
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Paris
M. de la Fayette
National Guard
National Guards
Grange-Bateliere
M. de Mirascavu
National Assembly
Veteranis
Tribunals of
Society of the Friends of the Constitution
Ministers of State
Society of 1789
Facobins
St. Eustache’s
M. Cerutti
M. de Mrraseau
Honore Riquett
Mirascav
Descartes
France
Motion on honors for kings rejected in National Assembly
April S. ML de St. Fargeau proposed granting posthumous honors to kings in memory of great reigns but the motion was defeated. M. Tixies offered a Civic Crown model for Louis XVI and was warmly received in the August Diet. News reported fresh disturbances in the War department blamed on fanatics.
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ML. de St. Fargeau
M. Tixies
Louis XVI
Department of War
Uninteresting April 6 Debate on Ministry Organization
On April 6 a dull debate occurred over the ministry's structure with motions about granting the king power to dis- cancel. The discussion focused on organizational form rather than policy, reflecting procedural contention.
National Assembly Watch Funeral Procession and Minister Rules
April 7 report on the National Assembly attendance at the Honore Riquetti Mirabeau festival. It notes the procession from Hall to Rue Mirabeau and on to interment, with orders for printing. It details ministerial eligibility after four years and proposals on penalties, including death for arousing armed assemblies. Montmorin explains ministerial choices. Roban charged with mismanagement at Quinze Vingts.
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M. Boish d’ Anglas
National Assembly
Honore Riquetti Mirabeau
Rue Mirabeau
High Court of Appeal
Grand Jury
M. Montmorin
Cardinal de Roban
Quinze Vingts
Bank of Ireland Directors Elected in Ireland
Dustin reports the Bank of Ireland elected directors for the coming year including John Allen Patrick Bride William Colvill George Maquay L Croftwaite George Palmer Samuel Dick Amos Strettell J Dobier Theo Thompson Joseph Goff Charles Ward Travers Hartley G Hoffman R H D Tatouche. A Stradbally quarrel left Edward Power dead after a blow from a handspike on his father in law Edward Fitzgerald. A woman named Reilly was pilloried for stolen goods and her husband, freed from New Prison, was again jailed for robbery feathers.
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Charles Ward
Travers Hartley
Stradbally
Dungarvan
Edward Power
Edward Fitzgerald
Reilly
Russia War Fear Prompts City Assembly Request
In a General Court of Guardians the majority approved calling a Special Assembly of Aldermen and Common Council to consider addressing the King about Russia’s war threat. Many urged wider consultation with merchants to avoid ministerial censure and aid mercantile safety.
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Aldermen and Common Council
Russia
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LA Chevaliere Deon
Ireland
G. G. Hoffman, Efg
R. H. D. Tatouche
Country News
Norwich
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