The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800 . well as chief representa-tives of American enterprise and commerce, werethe promoters and supporters of colonies ofFrench refugees which were soon scattered hereand there throughout the country. November 20, 1792, says Carlyle ia his French Revolu-tion, Smith Gamain comes to Robespierre the leader of thepeople; hints that he knows a thing or two, that in May lastwhen traitorous correspondence was so brisk, he and the RoyalApprentice (for poor Louis had a turn for blacksmith work),fabricated an iron chest, cunningly inserting the
The story of some French refugees and their "Azilum," 1793-1800 . well as chief representa-tives of American enterprise and commerce, werethe promoters and supporters of colonies ofFrench refugees which were soon scattered hereand there throughout the country. November 20, 1792, says Carlyle ia his French Revolu-tion, Smith Gamain comes to Robespierre the leader of thepeople; hints that he knows a thing or two, that in May lastwhen traitorous correspondence was so brisk, he and the RoyalApprentice (for poor Louis had a turn for blacksmith work),fabricated an iron chest, cunningly inserting the same in thewall of the Royal chamber in the palace, invisible. The panel in the wall was at once searched for,wrenched out, and here are letters enough alltreasonable to the people; Talleyrand, Mirabeau,Talon, and many others. It is of Talon onlythat we wish to speak. Antoine Omer Talon was born inParis January20,1760. Talonwas n o t ofnoble birth,.but of one ofthe most illustrious families of the French Mag-istracy. He became Kings Advocate in 1777, —14—.
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