[9] All biographers agree. The first publication of the extract from the civil register was obtained by Bougeart in August 1860. It was furnished to him by M. Ludot, the mayor at the time. There is a ridiculous error in the _Journal de la Montagne_, vol. ii. No. 142, “né à _Orchie_ sur Aube.” [10] The date is given in the extract mentioned in the preceding note. [11] See the action of the relatives in No. VI. of the Appendix. [12] Bougeart, p. 12. A Danton, who was presumably the son of this brother, was an inspector of the University under the second Empire. [13] See Appendix No. V.; also _Théâtre de l’Ancien Collège de Troyes_, Babeau, published by Dufour-Bouquet, Troyes, 1881. [14] See list of his library, Appendix VIII., and his interview with Thomas Payne, at the beginning of Chapter VII. [15] Speech of August 13, 1793. Printed in _Moniteur_ of August 15. [16] M. Béon. [17] _Danton, Homme d’État_, p. 29. [18] See “Notes of Courtois de l’Aube” in Clarétie’s “Desmoulins.” [19] _Danton, Homme d’État_, p. 30. [20] An excellent reading is afforded by the _Avocat aux Conseils du Roi_ of M. Bos (Machal & Billaud, Paris, 1881), quoted more than once in this work. [21] Since 1728 membership of this body had been purchasable and hereditary; a striking example of how wrongly society was moving. [22] See Appendix VI. [23] M. Bos, quoted above. [24] Ibid., p. 520. [25] See Appendix V. [26] See Appendix II. on Danton’s lodgings in Paris. [27] See Robinet, _Danton vie Privée_, p. 284. [28] See Appendix VI. [29] By nature his nose was small. His was one of those faces rarely seen, and always associated with energy and with leadership, whose great foreheads overhang a face that would be small, were it not redeemed by the square jaw and the mouth. Thus Arnault, “une caricature de Socrate.” [30] I refer to the English reformer who, on taking ship at Bristol, cast his perruque into the water, crying, “I have done with such baubles,” and sailed bald to the New World. [31] See Appendix VIII. [32] See Appendix IX. [33] From the _Almanack Royal_ of 1788. Dr. Robinet, whose opportunities of information are unique, tells us that he first moved into the Rue des Fossés St. Germains, and later into the Cour du Commerce, some time in 1790. The statement as to the first direction is unaccompanied by any authority, but Dr. Robinet possesses a letter with this address on it; now here the definite information of an official list seems to me of the greatest weight. [34] See Appendices II. and VII. Some rooms look on the Rue des Cordeliers, some on the Cour du Commerce. [35] De Barentin. See preceding chapter and Appendix V. He became Danton’s client just before the decree that summoned the States-General. [36] Sécretaire du Sceau.