http://toi-marguerite.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] toi-marguerite.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] revolution_fr2007-09-18 11:43 pm

Letter Request.

Salut citoyennes! 

Does anyone know where I might find the text of the letter Louis XVI wrote before the Flight to Varennes? I've been googling it, but, alas, all I get are articles mentioning that such a letter does, indeed, exist, without showing me any proof of it. 

Merci!

[identity profile] loremaula.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hello.
I'm not sure...Are you refering to that?:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9claration_%C3%A0_tous_les_Fran%C3%A7ais%2C_%C3%A0_sa_sortie_de_Paris

[identity profile] loremaula.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
No. Definitelly it is not the one you are looking for. Sorry.

(Anonymous) 2007-09-19 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I think that's it. It can be found also in various collections of FR documents, but I found an abbreviated version of it on the web, just to give you an idea:

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/varennes.html

- there are references on there as to where you can get the full text (for example, the French version can be found in the Archives Parlementaires, volume 27, pp. 378-383, which you can download from Gallica:

http://gallica.bnf.fr/

There might also be more information on this in T. Tackett's recently published book on the King's flight.

S&F

[identity profile] estellacat.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you read it in French, or are you looking for a translation?

[identity profile] estellacat.livejournal.com 2007-09-19 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know of any translations, and it seems that someone has already provided a link for the original. Sorry I can't be of more help. >__>

[identity profile] estellacat.livejournal.com 2007-09-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Good then. :D