The Memoircs de Bailly 21 



Paris,'^ the Chroniquc,- the Point de jour,^ the Journal de Ver- 

 sailles,* the Conrrier de Provence,^ and the Journal de Parisf' 

 He does not, however, recognize his full indebtedness to the 

 papers, using their material and often their language without 

 any acknowledgment." He undoubtedly had before him when 

 he wrote his correspondence with Necker during August and 

 September, 1789,® and possibly some of the papers or records 

 of the coniite des subsistances of Paris.^ His personal recollec- 

 tions do not form as large a part of the second volume as they 

 did of the first; they relate chiefly to the work of the committee 

 engaged in procuring food for Paris and to the friction between 

 Bailly and the assemblies of the commune. His running com- 

 ment upon the acts of the assemblies, and his interpretations of 

 events are valuable, and the historian can not afford to overlook 

 them. They are so interwoven with the narrative that it does 

 not seem advisable to indicate them in detail. In the first two 

 volumes of the Actcs de la eonnnnne de Paris are found the 



Udid., II, pp. 80, 81, 219, 2U, 319, 325, 368, 379, 385 392, 404. 



Udid., II, pp. 304, 315, 325, 330, 368, 372, 379, 392, 400. 



'^Ibi'd., II, pp. 36, 256. 



*Idid., II, pp. 69, 169, 253. 



^Ibtd., II, p. 185. 



^IMd., II, pp. 320, 332. 



"In the second volume, for example, Bailly makes use, without citing 

 his source, of the Courrier de Proz'Cnce, the material on pages .37 and 38 be- 

 ing taken from volume one, page 445 of the Courrier ; of the Point dii jour, 

 the passage, " M. I'abbd de Montesqu;ou a reconnu que les membres de la 

 minorite du clerge s'etaient trouipes, et qu'ils en faisaient I'aveu a la nation 

 avec plaisir," (I, p. 218 of the paper) is literally reproduced on page 39 of 

 volume two of the Mhnoires ; of the Point dujour (I, p. 232), on page 41 ; 

 of the Revolutions de Paris (I. No. 2, p. 12\ on page 77 ; of the same pa- 

 per (I, No. 5, p. 36) on page 265 ; of the Point dujour (III, p. 46) on page 

 375. These are a few examples of the necessity of collating every passage 

 in Bailly with the sources from which it might be drawn before crediting it 

 to Bailly as independent evidence. 



8 Bailly refers to this correspondence on pages 235, 288, 356, and 371 of 

 volume two. The letters have been published in volume lour, pages 172 to 

 195 of ih.t Histoire parleincntaire dc la revolution frangaise by Buchez et 

 Roux. A comparison of the contents of the letters with the text in the 

 Mi'iiioircs will make clear that Bailly had the letters before him. 



'•'There is only a possibility that Baillv had before him when he 

 w ote the records of the comite des subsistances. He said of these records 

 (II, p. 3.58), " Des registres, 11 y en avait peu, et ils n'etaient point parfait- 

 ement en ordre. " 



