Decree on Concealed Provisions and a Grand Statue
The Convention debated provisions to handle dishes for suspected prisoners and ordered equal food rations with the rich paying for the poor. Camille Desmoulins noted mixed English-born citizens serving France and proposed relocating them from the northern frontiers. A decree also called for a colossal statue, 46 feet high, at the western point of the Isle of Paris, with notable inscriptions to be engraved including the Declaration of Rights and other acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambon
Levasseur
Pember
Erfons
Camille Desmoulins
Paris
France
Republic
Thuriot
Ends de PO
Committee of Public Safety
Ise
Prieur
Pontivy
Dinan
Anacharsis Clotz
National Convention
Legislative Assembly
Fauchet
Calvados
Clootz
Jean Melier
Etrépigny
Champagne
Sorbonne
Recton
Revolutionary Radio News From The Rhine Campaign
A selection of dispatches outlines ongoing French military movement in the Rhineland and Saare-libre. Representatives report delays in rendezvous with Rhine forces under Hoche. Debates address measures against royalist plots and calls to fortify the Republic while praising municipal courage at Graville after a rebel assault.
Rebel movement report from Granville dated November 16
The representative from Granville reports at midnight on November 16 that rebels from Avranches had arrived two days earlier. The message notes their origin and ongoing movements as of that late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecarpentier
Granville
Avranches
Jacobin Club tensions and parliamentary calls in novel unrest
Fractional excerpt recounts Jacobin debates and threats amid the French revolutionary period. Chabot faces calls to order while factions clash over counter revolution. Concurrent items note Grenville's cabinet meeting, Caribbean insurrection quashed, and Guildhall court proceedings on bread prices and civic duties in 1794 London.
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Lord Grenville
Windsor
West Indies
St. Vincent's
Guildhall
Witxes
James Sanerson
Europe
St.Thomas’s
St. James’s, &c
Whitisam Lewis Newman
Francis Hosier
Dealers In Sale
Propositions Split over Liberty Victories and Chabot Woes
In a debate on foreign influence and fidelity to the Republic, leaders discuss risks of appointing commissioners to probe Chabot’s private life and alleged Austrian connections. The faction accuses a rival of seeking power via Convention seats, while urging a report to examine the affair and report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revor
Friends of Liberty
Orié
Sagrov
Republic
Cibor
Boxtre
Zhuriot
Chabor
Chabot
France
Jacobin Society
Clador
Austria
Chadot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goujix
Comittee of Public Safety
Robespierre
United States of America
Richaud
Soubrany
Rhine
Saarre-libre
Herman
Hoche
Thither
Bazire
Julien de Thoulouse
Lannay d’Angers
Cr-Devant Duchess of Bourbon
Marseilles
Committee of General Safety
Billaud Varennes
Billaud
Convention
Billaud de Varennes
Graville
Committee of Public Instruction
Jacobin Club
Facobin
Derfieux
Brislot
Defourny
England
Chaébot
Cabot
Constituent Assembly
Mauri
London
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