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NO. IV. 
The magistrate, my good friend, charges 
me toremit to you an order for the setting 
‘at liberty the Sieur le Tellier, by which 
he is'exiled to Caen. You will have the 
goodness to copy this last order, at the 
bottom of whichyhe is to subscribe his 
submission to obey; which copy, so rati- 
fied, you will send tous. I also request 
you to desire the prisoner to appear before 
the magistrate to-morrow morning, be- 
tween nine and ten o’clock. Good day, 
my dear sir, you know the friendly senti- 
ments with which [I am, &c. ; 
20th April, 1781. BoucuHer. 
Tsubmit to go to-morrow morning, be- 
tween nine and ten, to Monsieur le Noir, 
cenformably to his orders this 20th of 
April, 1781. Le TELLIER. 
NO. Vv. 
I beg the Major to remit the accompa- 
nying letters to the Sieur Guignard du 
Temple, and to acquaint him, that in those 
he may have to write he must abstain 
from speaking of his detention in the 
Bastille. Le Norr. 
21st July, 1781. 
NO. VI. 
Paris, 10th Sept. 1781. 
The Sieurs Juvet and Ruffey, sir, detain- 
ed in the Bastille, have asked for books, 
and to take the air. You may acquiesce 
with their wishes; adopting the accus- 
tomed precautions. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
Le Noir. 
NO. VII. 
The Sieur Costard asks to be shaved 
twice a.week : I do not see any cause for 
refusal. 
_ I beg the Major to acquaint him, that 
nothing has been forwarded for him, ex- 
cepting what has been duly remitted. 
Ath Oct. 1781. Le Noir, 
NO. VIII. 
T request the Major of the Bastille to 
furnish the Count de Chavaignes with 
wood for firing, as well as paper and pens 
ready for use; observing to him, that it is 
against every regulation to furnish pen- 
knives and compasses. Le Nore. 
Paris, 11th Oct. 1781. 
NO. IX. 
Paris, 3d Dee. 1781, 
I request, sir, that you will give admis- 
sion, into the Chateau of the Bastille, to the 
Sieur Seydler, who will have the honour to 
transmit you my letter: he will see the 
pretended Countess de Garathy, who is 
detained, and will converse with her on 
different matters, committing to paper 
whatsoever answers he may obtain. 
Lhave the honour to be, &c. 
Le Noir. 
NO, Xe 
Paris, 23d Dec. 1781. 
The Sieur Longpré, Inspector of Police, 
is deputed, sir, to present you an order 
Letters found in the Bastille. 
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for the liberation of the pretended Count 
de Garathy and his wife, whom you are to 
transfer, viz. the husband to Bicetre, and 
his wife to Hopital. The Commissary 
Chenon, after proceeding to break the 
seals put upon the papers and effects of 
the prisoners, and ‘taking a summary in- 
ventory, will seize upon all the property 
and jewellery, in order to be restored to 
the various persons to whom they may be- 
long, or which may be disposed of for the 
benefit of the creditors of the said Gara- 
thy, whereof the Sieur Longpré will take 
charge; so that nothing may remain for 
the prisoners, except their linen, and the 
cloaths which they wear. 
With respect to the papers, I request 
that you will cause them to be placed in 
the depét of the Bastille. 
I have the honour, &c. 
Ye 
Having prefaced these documents 
by mentioning the late Mr. Kit Potter, 
I cannot refrain from subjoining ano- 
ther anecdote respecting that gentle- 
man, which, as referring to the same 
epoch in history, is worthy to be re- 
corded. : 
On the day when Louis the Six- 
teenth was decapitated, Mr. Potter, 
in the costume of a downright sans- 
culotte, was in attendance at the Place 
Louis Quinze, to witness the melan- 
choly spectacle; and, having observed 
that the valet of the executioner cut 
off the whole of the king’s hair, which 
was tied behind with a riband, he 
pushed his way to the scaffold, after 
the completion of the ceremony,— 
where, throwing up his handkerchief, 
he tendered money to the executioner, 
in order to have it soaked in the blood 
of the “tyrant,” as he termed the de- 
parted monarch, for the purpose of 
concealing his real sentiments; and, 
then addressing the man who was in 
possession of the hair, he offered him 
a louis d’or for the same, accompany- 
ing the request by the most vilifying 
terms in regard to royalty. The plan 
succeeded ; for the whole hair, toge- 
ther with the riband, was flung down, 
with which, and the ensanguined hand- 
kerchief, Mr. Potter effected his 
escape, as quick and with all the pri- 
vacy 
