French Revolutionary Turmoil Reported Across Sections and Caen
Turmoil grips France as 1800 men form corps for an expedition against General Napoleon Bonaparte’s forces. Sections in violent agitation prompt removal of the paymaster near Cherbourg and calls for reform. Caen’s agency imposes embargo while Paris urges citizens to return home. dissenters warned they will be dismissed and recalled from service if forced to fight against their will.
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Eure
Dagger
Caen
Paris
Thail
Chas
Roland
Claviere
Polverel
Santhona
Committee of Public Welfare
St. Domingo
Lacroix
Fauchet
Army of the North
Maubeuge
Gowrozle
Custine
Cambray
Peyne
Cuftine
Lyons
Bourdeaux
Marseilles
Evreux
Wimpfen
France
Cu Fare
National Convention
Republic
Hotel Dieu
Episcopal Palace
Zduriot
National Convention Debates Marat Funeral and Accusations
The Convention decreed a funeral for Marat and ordered a paper inventory of his affairs. Bills accuse key deputies of counterrevolutionary plots, while public welfare and justice measures address prisons and the Hotel Dieu. Custine reports gains against the enemy and warns against factional correspondence.
Funeral of Murat in Paris with pomp and public display
Paris reports the funeral of Murat attended by vast crowds and a military procession. The bier carried Marat’s bloodstained shirt on a pike and a wooden bedstead bearing his body was paraded, with the iscribed inscription and cannon fire marking the pageant. Charlote la Corde faced trial and was sentenced to death for the murder of the Friend of the People, her speech promising future memory in Pantheon.
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Deliers
Chabet
Marat
David
Murat
Idarat
Cordeliers
Manse
Charlote la Corde
Friend of People
Revolutionary Tribunal
Palatine
Pantheon
France
Judith
Bethulia
St Domingo Deputies Describe Colony’s Tumultuous State
July 26 report from St Domingo deputies outlines the colony in turmoil with mentions of calas city at height and names Perverel and Sengbonax amid tense conditions and rising pressures over the territory.
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St. Domingo
Evreux Sees Citizens Demand Swift Constitution Action
Amid revolutionary turmoil in Eure and Calvados, letters from Commonalties complain they have not received the Constitution. Deputies urge immediate primary assemblies, while Evreux’s defenders celebrate liberation from rebels and pledge to receive commissioners. Debates on Buzot’s house and creditors provoke calls for punitive acts.
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Chakot
Breard
Republic
Eure
Calvados
Evreux
National Convention
Acroix
Buzot
Zburiot
Lacroix
Vetto
Buzet
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Cherbourg
Calvedes
Birox
Drouet
Marar
Bextatole
Maure
Matat
Bentabole
Dreuet
Dartygorte
Adarat
Billand
Genjome
Vergniaud
Guade
Roya
Legislative Commission
Dumourier
Champaigne
Low Countries
Genorne
Lebrun
Petion
Oxteawns
England
Dumoeurier
Brisot
Monteguiou
Dietrich
Lanjuinais
Libon
and Chambon
la Vendee
Finisterre
Isere
Friends of
Mont- Blanc
Barbaroux
Convention
Bourbon
Co- Bourg
Ofalin
Fran- Caire
Marato
Friends of Liberty
Aristides
Catos
Fabricii
Creatien
Launay
Committee of General Safety
General Safety
Fabre
Erlantine
Palais Royal
Lavway
Goffin
Vernon
Department of
Euro
Bvreaux
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