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The Assemblee nationale states that M. Camus claimed that the 

 suggestions which had been made by various orators were against 

 the rules of the assembly, that in place of learning the opinions of 

 the members of the assembly they had learned the opinions of the 

 bureaus only and that this was against the rcglement. The presi- 

 dent replied that the projects should be regarded as motions and 

 he felt that no one was deprived of the right to speak.*^* 



During the discussion the Archbishop of Vienne had announced 

 that he had just received a letter from some Paris bakers. The 

 communication was addressed to the committee on subsistence 

 and was marked "Important." Although some members desired 

 that the letter be read in the assembly others felt that this would 

 be indiscreet and the letter was given to the committee on sub- 

 sistence.*®^ The president asked the committee to investigate this 

 communication and in case any valuable information was found 

 to report it to the assembly.*®'' Bouche, who was a member of 

 the committee, asked that the discussion might be postponed 

 until the next day as he then hoped to present some interesting 

 facts to the assembly.^*'' 



On July 7 the president gave a general account of the work 

 done by the committee on the evening of July 6. Some Paris 

 bakers, he stated, headed by M. le Chevalier de Rutledge had 

 gone before the committee claiming that they had some valuable 

 information to offer. The committee felt, however, that the 

 matter presented by M. Rutledge was not within its province, but 



semblee nationale, July 8; Journal de Paris, No. 192, 872 (July 11), states 

 that the Marquis de la Fayette informed the assembly of a letter he had 

 just received from Jefferson in which the statement was made : " I never 

 in my life made any proposition to M. de Necker on the subject. I never 

 said that I had made such a proposition." 



^^"^ Assemblee nationale, I, 372. 



^'^^ Assemblee nationale, I, 360; Point dti jour, I, 115; Courrier de Prov- 

 ence, I, 17th letter, 7. 



^^^ Assemblee nationale, I, 360; Courrier de Provence, I, 17th letter, 7; 

 Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 6. 



**5^ Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 164; Assemblee nationale, I, 375; Point du 

 jour, I, 120; Courrier de Provence, I, 17th letter, 13; Proces-verbal, I, No. 

 16, 3; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 6. 



