20 Fred Morrozv Fling 



It deals with the incidents of the mayoralty of Bailly up to Octo- 

 ber I, 1789. The chief sources are the Proces-verbaux of (i) the 

 electors of Paris^ (to July 25), of (2) the first assembly of the 

 representatives^ (July 25-September 18), of (3) the second as- 

 sembly of the representatives of the commune (September 18— 

 October i). The most of the material is drawn from these rec- 

 ords, all of which were accessible in printed form when Bailly 

 wrote. He constructs his journal by selecting from these records 

 what appears to him important enough to be emphasized and 

 especially the incidents with which he was connected. When 

 his journal contains little under a given date, it is not due to the 

 failure of his memory, but to the lack of interesting material in 

 the sources that he is consulting.'^ For the most part he selects 

 and condenses, the condensation being much greater in this sec- 

 ond volume than in the first ; at times he follows the text closely, 

 putting the narrative into the first person, but without quota- 

 tion marks.* In the second volume, he refers only incidentally 

 to what is taking place in the assembly at Versailles, taking his 

 material from the Proccs-vcrhal or the newspapers.^ For the 

 events in Paris, he refers frequently to the papers, quoting the 

 Gazette de Versailles^' the Patriate frauQais,' the Rh'ohitions dc 



"^ The Proces-verbal des kledeurs was largely composed apris coup. An 

 account of its composition is given in detail in the third volume (pp. 1-53). 

 The substance of this account is found in Flammermont, La jounice du 14 

 juillet jySg, pp. X-XV. Bailly was secretary from April 26 to May 21, Du- 

 veyrier from May 22 to July 30, 1789. 



2 The exact titles of these Procis-verbaiix of these two assemblies have 

 been given above. Bailly claimed (II, p. 11:7) that the Proces-verbal of the 

 first assembly was not as reliable as that of the electors, " comme ces pro- 

 cis-im-baux n'ont ete rediges que longtemps apr^s, les rMicteurs out mis ce 

 qu'ils ont voulu." 



^" Lcs jours presents ne me fournissent rien pour mon compte ; je n'ai 

 pas graiid'chose non plus a, dire de I'assemblee des repr^sentants, ses proces- 

 verbaux m:)ntrent le vide de ses seances" (II, p. 220). 



* Compare especiall}' pages 476 and 477 of volume one of the Proces-ver- 

 bal des eledeiirs with pages thirty-two and thirty-three of the second volume 

 of the JMhnoires. 



^ These passages are not numerous, deal only with such important ques- 

 tions as the adoption of parts of the constitution, the discussion of the Au- 

 gust decrees, or the declaration of rights, and are treated very briefly. 



^ jlleiiioires de Bailly, II, p. 197. 



ilbid., II, pp. 201, 229, 243, 260, 277. 



