The Despatches of Earl Gower, English Ambassador at Paris from June 1790 to August 1792: To which are Added the Despatches of Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Monro, and the Diary of Viscount Palmerston in France During July and August 1791, Now Published for the First Time |
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... assignats : since which time the administra- tors of that bank have issued out daily notes to the amount of 3 ... assignats fabricated in April had already been spent before the end of August , and no new resources could anywhere be ...
... assignats : since which time the administra- tors of that bank have issued out daily notes to the amount of 3 ... assignats fabricated in April had already been spent before the end of August , and no new resources could anywhere be ...
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... ASSIGNATS . 13 in case of death or dismission , till the expiration of the six years , and assesseurs ( assistants ) , in case of temporary dis- ability . In all matters civil and criminal , pleadings , reports and judgments are to be ...
... ASSIGNATS . 13 in case of death or dismission , till the expiration of the six years , and assesseurs ( assistants ) , in case of temporary dis- ability . In all matters civil and criminal , pleadings , reports and judgments are to be ...
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... assignats , in conse- quence of which they desire leave to stop and apply to their own use the supply of piastres expected from Spain . There is another report , to which I fear there is too much reason to give credit , that the Comité ...
... assignats , in conse- quence of which they desire leave to stop and apply to their own use the supply of piastres expected from Spain . There is another report , to which I fear there is too much reason to give credit , that the Comité ...
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... assignats till the 10th of this month . Mr de Mirabeau's plan of issuing to the amount of two thousand millions seems not to be generally approved of . Three frigates with troops on board have lately sailed from Rochefort to Tobago . I ...
... assignats till the 10th of this month . Mr de Mirabeau's plan of issuing to the amount of two thousand millions seems not to be generally approved of . Three frigates with troops on board have lately sailed from Rochefort to Tobago . I ...
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... assignats to the 17th of this month . PARIS , September 17 , 1790 . I have reason to believe that the utmost exertions are making at Brest and that twenty - one ships of the line are now almost ready for sailing , the original fourteen ...
... assignats to the 17th of this month . PARIS , September 17 , 1790 . I have reason to believe that the utmost exertions are making at Brest and that twenty - one ships of the line are now almost ready for sailing , the original fourteen ...
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