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Some seventy-five years have passed since the publication of the first edition of Bishop Stubbs’ Select Charters. During the interval, that “masterpiece of arrangement and interpretation,” in addition to furthering and facilitating the use of primary sources in the study of early English constitutional history, has served as an inspiration and a model for similar studies in other fields of historical endeavor. Today an abundance of collections of source materials delineates virtually every major period of human history through contemporary records, from the Code of Hammurabi to the Constitution of Soviet Russia; yet nowhere amidst this plenty is there readily accessible a satisfactory book of documents elucidating the history of the Great French Revolution. For many years students of the period have depended upon Frank Maloy Anderson’s The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of France, 1789-1901 (Minneapolis, 1904; 2d rev. ed., 1908) for the texts of the principal revolutionary enactments in English translation; but this has long been out of print. E. L. Higgins’ more recent work, The French Revolution as Told by Contemporaries (Boston, 1938), is a useful compilation of excerpts translated from contemporaneous comments; but it includes only a scattered few of those vital public documents which afford such an excellent indication of the aspirations, as well as the accomplishments, of the revolutionaries. And other leading collections, whether of public or of private documents, whether in French or in English translation, are either out of print or extremely limited in content. The present Documentary Survey of the French Revolution is an attempt to remedy this deficiency. The book is designed primarily for teachers and students in undergraduate colleges; it may also prove useful to students beginning postgraduate study in modern European history. A DOCUMENTARY SURVEY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION JOHN HALL STEWART, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History Western Reserve University PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE ANTECEDENTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION CHAPTER ONE THE ESTATES GENERAL 2. Royal Letter of Convocation 3. Regulation for Execution of the Letters of Convocation 5. Cahier of the Clergy of Dourdan 7. Cahier of the Third Estate of Dourdan 8. Declaration on the National Assembly 9. The Tennis Court Oath 12. The King’s Declaration of Intentions 13. The King’s Closing Speech CHAPTER TWO THE NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 14. Report of the British Ambassador on the Events of 14 July, 1789 15. The August 4th Decrees 19. Decree on Martial Law 22. Decree Dividing France into Departments 24. Decree Reorganizing the Judiciary 32. Decree Requiring the Clerical Oath CHAPTER THREE THE NATIONAL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 35. Excerpts from the Correspondence of the Revolution Society of London 39. Declaration of French Foreign Policy 41. The King’s Second Declaration 42. Placard Advocating Republicanism 48. The Constitution of 1791 49. Royal Proclamation CHAPTER FOUR THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 50. Proclamation Ordering the Count of Provence to Return to France 51. Decree Ordering Emigres to Return to France 52. Decree Requiring Non-Juring Clergy to Take the Civic Oath 56. French Declaration of War on Austria 61. Petition of Agitators 64. The Brunswick Manifesto 66. Decree Establishing a Special Criminal Court 72. Decree concerning the Death Penalty 73. Condorcet’s Report on Education 74. Decree for the Convocation of the National Convention CHAPTER FIVE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION 76. The Second Propagandist Decree 77. The Indictment of Louis XVI 78. Proclamation of the Convention to the French People 80. Decree concerning the Formation of a Committee of General Defence 81. French Declaration of War on England and Holland 84. Order for the Establishment of Watch Committees 86. Decree on the Formation of a Committee of Public Safety 88. Decree concerning Non-intervention and Treason the French nation, its sovereignty, and the indivisibility and the unity of the Republic, founded upon liberty and equality. 89. Circular from the Paris Jacobins to Local Branches of the Club 91. Guadet’s Speech on the Paris Commune 92. Decree on Public Relief 94. Proclamation of the Convention concerning the Events of 31 May and 1 June, 1793 THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION CHAPTER SIX THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CONVENTION: THE REIGN OF TERROR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CONVENTION: 95. The Constitution of 1793 99. The Law of Suspects 100. Declaration on Revolutionary Government 103. The Law of the Maximum 105. The Embargo on English Goods 106. Decree Establishing a Uniform System of Weights and Measures 111. Decree concerning Copyrights 112. Decree concerning Public Education 116. The Law of 22 Prairial CHAPTER SEVEN THE FINAL PHASE OF THE CONVENTION: THE THERMIDORIAN REACTION 123. The Constitution of the Year III 124. Decree Establishing a Conservatory of Arts and Crafts 127. Decree Establishing Central Schools of Sciences, Letters, and Arts 128. Decree Establ ishing a Conservatory of Music 129. Decree concerning Schools of Public Services 132. Proclamation of the Convention concerning the Events of 13 Vendemiaire CHAPTER EIGHT THE DIRECTORY: FIRST PHASE CHAPTER NINE THE DIRECTORY: SECOND PHASE 153. Bonaparte’s Letter concerning England 155. Treaty between France and the Cisalpine Republic 156. Treaty between France and the Helvetic Republic 158. French Declaration of War on Austria CONCLUSION