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la commune. He passed an hour in the garden, but not in an 

 official capacity. -^^ 



At about half past five o'clock, or a little earlier, when the 

 invasion of the chateau had lasted about two hours, and after 

 municipal officers and deputies from the assembly had tried in 

 vain to restore order, the mayor of Paris, Petion, was an- 

 nounced. ^^^ He had not joined the procession and he had not 



■"'"Declaration de Maserey " ; Letter of Roederer to the commissioners 

 of the department, June 30, 1792. These men, Garnier, Leveillard and 

 Demantort were appointed to make a report on the events of the day of 

 June 20. They wrote Roederer June 30, their second request, to get from 

 Manuel a report of his conduct on June 20. Roederer wrote Manuel on 

 the same day making a second request for his report. He received answer 

 from Manuel (according to Roederer's letter to the commissioners) say- 

 ing that Manuel had spent one hour at the Tuileries June 20. Manuel's 

 letter is not given by Roederer. See this correspondence in Revue retro- 

 spective, 2 serie, I, 203hd4. Manuel stated to Roederer that his place was 

 at the city hall on that day. Desmouseaux, substitute for the procureur 

 de la commune, states that Manuel was at his post at the Hotel de Ville at 

 nine a. m., June 20, " Declaration de Desmouseaux." Manuel was sus- 

 pended from his functions by a decree of the council of the department, 

 July 6, 1792, at the same time Petion was suspended. In Archives 

 nationales, C 2.22, 160^'", there is found a handbill accusing Manuel of 

 improper remarks concerning the national guard on this day. 



^■^The statements about the time of Petion's arrival do not perfectly 

 agree. Fontaine, a guard beside the king, says (" Declaration de Fon- 

 taine") it was fifteen minutes after five. Petion himself (" Conduite 

 tenue par M. le maire") says he reached the chateau a little before five 

 o'clock. Allowing a little time for him to make his way through the 

 crowd to the king, these statements agree. Another guard, Hemery, says 

 it was between five and six o'clock; a deputy, Lesier, says it was about 

 six o'clock; Becquey, another deputy, says it was two hours after the vol- 

 untary deputation from the assembly arrived. This deputation came to the 

 chateau immediately after the assembly adjourned at three-thirty. This 

 would put the arrival of the mayor at five-thirty. Another means of fixing 

 the time is by the arrival of the first deputation sent by the assembly. The 

 assembly met at five o'clock and after a ten or fifteen minute discussion 

 sent a deputation of twenty-four members to the king. Allowing time for 

 them to penetrate the crowd they would reach the king about five-thirty. 

 Gosse, a guard at the king's side, says ("Declaration de Gosse") Petion 

 arrived just after the deputation; Fontaine, a guard, says ("Declaration 

 de Fontaine") he arrived just before the deputation; Champion, a munici- 



