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French Revolutionary Printing Office records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 4970

Scope and content

Records of the printing of decrees, documents, and sentences for the Revolutionary Government, indicating number of copies published. Reveals numerous people who have been guillotined, including Danton, and discusses personnel, salaries, and other business. Apparently kept by an officer named Ducroix, who complains of office conditions, including insubordination and insufficient staffing. Lists persons assassinated, suicides, and persons absent.