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11-20, 45-53, 113-20; XII, 7-14, 35-42, 49-58, 109-12; XIII, 

 11-17, 65-79; XI V, 26-32, 42-51, 82-92, 114-23; XV, 13-28, 

 99-120; XVI, 15-29, 45-84. In the political correspondence of 

 the time, these letters of Boulle rank very high. 



In vol. II, Documents inedits, 1-8, 33-41, 65-74, 97-104, and 

 139-43, B. d'Agours publishes the Correspondance d'une depute 

 de la noblesse de la sencchaussce dc Marseille avec la marquise 

 de Crequy, a Blaincourt, par Bricnnc, Champagne (zj mai — 

 8 aout 1789). These letters are of special value because the 

 writer, unlike the others who favored the third estate, sympa- 

 thized with the privileged classes. On June 18, he says : "The 

 states general are going to the devil. . . . This assembly of 

 the third estate degenerates into extravagances," and on June 

 26: "The states general goes from bad to worse." 



M. A. Brette has published a "Relation des evenements depuis 

 le 6 mai jnsqu'au 15 juillet 1789" in La revolution francaisc, 

 revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, publiee par la societe 

 de I'histoire de la revolution. Vols. XXIII, 348-68, 443-71, and 

 520-47, and XXIV, 69-84 and 162-78. It is the work of a "se- 

 cret agent," who spent part of his time in Paris and part in Ver- 

 sailles. He followed the various incidents connected with the 

 sessions of the three orders very closely, even when at Paris, and 

 tried to observe especially their influence upon public opinion. 

 The name of the writer is not known, but he appears to be a per- 

 son of some importance. His bulletins seem to be very valuable. 

 M. Ch.-L. Chassin has printed extracts from these bulletins in 

 his collection of source-material : Lcs elections et les cahiers de 

 Paris en 1789. 4 vols. Paris, 1888-89. Vol. Ill, 415-23, 453-60, 

 465-68, 490, 544-45- 



Messieurs Corre and Delourmel have published in the same re- 

 view, vols. XXXIX, 515-58, and XL, 46-78, extracts from the 

 letters of L.-F. Legendre, deputy of the tiers-etat of the senechaus- 

 see de Brest. The correspondence covers the period from April 

 28, 1789, to December 30, 1791. Unfortunately, for the period 

 covered by our present study, the extracts given are few and 

 "brief. 



In vol. XVI. 536-39, M. H. Monin publishes the account of 



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