[278] From 1752 to 1768, Taulès and Voltaire had a long and interesting
correspondence, published by Gaultier-Laguionie (Paris, 1825), at the
end of various memoirs of Taulès.
[279] _L’Homme au Masque de Fer: Mémoire Historique_, p. 21.
[280] This has already been referred to in Chapter VIII. of this work.
See page 93 _ante_.
[281] _L’Homme au Masque de Fer_, p. 61.
[282] M. de Vergennes.
[283] _L’Homme au Masque de Fer_, p. 62.
[284] _L’Homme au Masque de Fer_, p. 63.
[285] In his _Traité des Differentes Sortes de Preuves qui servent à
établir la Vérité dans l’Histoire_.
[286] This and the tower mentioned just above are supposed to have been
named after their builders.--_Trans._
[287] Archives of the Library of the Arsenal, Manuscript Journal of
Dujonca.
[288] Archives of the Hôtel de Ville, _Registres des Baptêmes, Mariages
et Sépultures de la Paroisse de Saint-Paul_: Saint-Paul 5, 1703-1705,
vol. ii No. 166.
[289] I have found among the Archives of the Arsenal another document
also emanating from the pen of Dujonca, whose journal up to the present
time was alone known. These are notes in which he enumerates the heavy
occupations that weighed him down. This document throws a certain light
upon the interior arrangements of the Bastille. It is the same large
writing as that of the Journal, with the same faults of language, the
same simple-mindedness. It is too long to be quoted here. I merely
extract the statement of everything that Dujonca had to do.
“For more than a year since I have entered the Bastille I have been
obliged to perform the service which follows:--
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account