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Extracts have been published by INIM. Delourmel and 

 Corre in La Revolution frangaisc, Dec-Jan., 1900-1901. 

 In the body of their letters, the deputies usually confine 

 themselves to the plain narrative of the debates and pro- 

 ceedings of the assembly to which is sometimes added 

 news from Paris or Versailles. It is in their postscripts, 

 evidently not intended for publication, that the affairs 

 concerning the Breton deputies especially are discussed. 



2. Etats Geiieranoo. Bulletin de la Gorrespondance de la 

 deputation du tiers etat de la senechaussee de Brest. . 

 . . 3 vols. Brest Imprimerie de R. Mallasis, 1789-1790. 

 Bib. Xat. Lc2/129. 



These bulletins commenced May 12, 1789, according to 

 the copy in the National Library, and ended January 1, 

 1791. On the relation existing between these bulletins 

 and the original letters (No. 1 above) Delourmel and 

 Corre write: "The letters are in effect altered, both in 

 the bulletin and upon the copying register where they were 

 transcribed in the form in which they were to be printed. 

 It happens even that certain events are described under 

 the signature of Legendre, with many details borrowed 

 from the paiDers of Versailles and Paris." ^ 



3. Etats Generaux. Correspondance de Bretagne. 

 Bulletin des correspondance reunies du clerge et de la 

 senechaussee de Rennes. ... 5 vols. Rennes, Vater 

 fils, 1789-1790. Bib. Nat. Lc2/130. 



This was a publication similar to the bulletin of Brest, 

 issued three times a week. In the number of May 13, 

 1789, occurs the following announcement: "Le Bulletin 

 des Etats Generaux, avoue par le bureau de la Correspond- 

 ance etablie h, Rennes et signe de M. I'Abbe Colet, membre 

 du dit Bureau" etc., which would seem to indicate that-* 

 the letters published were reproduced exactly from the 



^La Revolution franc^aise, December, 1900, 



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