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Do you happen to know how often it occurred for wives of arrested deputies to share the same fate of their husbands, so either imprisoned, or condemned to death ? Do you have some examples? I'm referring to the years between 92-95. Moreover if it's not too much to ask for, could you also point out the signature of the CSP members who signed such warrants?
Thatâs a very interesting question, especially since no official studies seem to have been made on the subject. What Iâve found so far (and it wouldnât surprise me if thereâs way more) is:
FĂ©licitĂ© Brissot â after the news of her husbandâs arrest, FĂ©licitĂ©, who had lived in Saint-Cloud with her three children since April 1793, traveled to Chartres. There (on an unspecified date?) she and her youngest son Anacharsis (born 1791) were arrested by the Revolutionary Committee of Saint-Cloud (the two older children had been taken in by other people) which sent her to Paris. Once arrived in the capital, FelicitĂ© was placed under surveillance in the Necker hotel, rue de Richelieu, in accordance with an order from the Committee of General Security dated August 9 1793 (she could not be placed under house arrest in her own apartment, since seals had already been placed on it). On August 11 she underwent an interrogation, and on October 13, she was sent from her house arrest (where she had still enjoyed a relative liberty) to the La Force prison. FĂ©licitĂ© and her son were set free on February 4 1794, after six months spent under arrest. The order for her release was it too issued by the Committee of General Security, and signed by Lacoste, Vadier, Dubarran, Guffroy, Amar, Louis (du Bas-Rhin), and Voulland. Source: J.-P. Brissot mĂ©moires (1754-1793); [suivi de] correspondance et papiers (1912) by Claude Perroud)
Suzanne PĂ©tion â In a letter to the Convention dated July 26 1793, Carrier reports that âPĂ©thion's [sic] wife, their son and the wife of another fugitive, were arrested in Homfleurs, we are going to take them to Paris.â On August 9, we find a CGS decree ordering Suzanne and her ten year old son, for the moment under house arrest, to be taken to the Sainte-PĂ©lagie prison. Ten days after that, August 19, the CGS orders the furniture in Suzanneâs apartment to be brought over to her.  A year later, August 13 1794, we find a letter from Suzanne to the Committee of Public Safety pleading for the release of her and her son, imprisoned only for sharing the name of a proscribed deputy. But this would appear to have lead nowhere, and the two were instead transported from the Sainte-PĂ©lagie prison to the Maison Desnos. Finally, on December 9 1795, after one year, four months and thirteen days imprisoned, a CGS decree with the signatures of Mathieu, Reverchon, Bourdon, Montmayou, Barras and Comorel on it ordered Suzanne and her son released and their seals lifted immediately.
Louise-Catherine-ĂngĂ©lique Ricard, widow Lefebvre (Suzanne PĂ©tionâs mother) â According to Histoire du tribunal rĂ©volutionnaire de Paris: avec le journal de ses actes (1880) by Henri Wallon, Louise was called before the parisian Revolutionary Tribunal on September 24 1793, accused âof having applauded the escape of Minister Lebrun by saying: âSo much the better, we must not desire blood,â of having declared that the Brissolins and the Girondins were good republicans (âYes,â her interlocutor replied, âonce the national ax has fallen on the corpses of all of themâ), for having said, when someone came to tell her that the condemned Tonduti had shouted âLong live the kingâ while going to execution; that everyone would have to share this feeling, and that for the public good there would have to be a king whom the âConvention and its paraphernalia ate more than the old regimeâ. She denied this when asked about Tonduti, limiting herself to having said: âAh! the unfortunate.â Asked why she had made this exclamation she responded: âthrough a sentiment of humanity.â She was condemned and executed the very same day.
Marie Anne Victoire Buzot â It would appear she was put under house arrest, but was able to escape from there. According to Provincial Patriot of the French Revolution: François Buzot, 1760â1794 (2015) by Bette W. Oliver, â[Marie] had remained in Paris after her husband fled on June 2 [1793], but she was watched by a guard who had been sent to the HĂŽtel de Bouillon. Soon thereafter, Madame Buzot and her âdomesticsâ disappeared, along with all of the personal effects in the apartment. [âŠ] Madame Buzot would join her husband in Caen, but not until July 10; and no evidence remains regarding her whereabouts between the time that she left Paris in June and her arrival in Caen. At a later date, however, she wrote that she had fled, not because she feared death, but because she could not face the âferocious vengeance of our persecutorsâ who ignored the law and refused âto listen to our justification.â Iâve unfortunately not been able to access the source used to back this thoughâŠ
Marie Françoise HĂ©bert â arrested on March 14 1794, presumably on the orders of the Committee of General Security since I canât find any decree regarding the affair in Recueil des actes du ComitĂ© de salut public. Imprisoned in the Conciergerie until her execution on April 13 1794, so 30 days in total. See this post.
Marie Françoise JosĂ©phine Momoro â imprisoned in the Prison de Port-libre from March 14 to May 27 1794 (2 months and 13 days), as seen through Jean-Baptiste Laboureauâs diary, cited in MĂ©moires sur les prisonsâŠÂ (1823) page 68, 72, 109.
Lucile Desmoulins â arrested on April 4 1794 according to a joint order with the signatures of Du Barran (who had also drafted it) and Voulland from the CGS and Billaud-Varennes, C-A Prieur, Carnot, Couthon, BarĂšre and Robespierre from the CPS on it. Imprisoned in the Sainte-PĂ©lagie prison up until April 9, when she was transferred to the Conciergerie in time for her trial to begin. Executed on April 13 1794, after nine days spent in prison. See this post.
ThĂ©resa Cabarrus â ordered arrested and put in isolation on May 22 1794, though a CPS warrant drafted by Robespierre and signed by him, Billaud-Varennes, BarĂšre and Collot dâHerbois. Set free on July 30 (according to Madame Tallien : notre Dame de Thermidor from the last days of the French Revolution until her death as Princess de Chimay in 1835 (1913)), after two months and eight days imprisoned.
ThĂ©rĂšse Bouquey (Guadetâs sister-in-law) â arrested on June 17 1794 once it was revealed she and her husband for the past months had been hiding the proscribed girondins PĂ©tion, Buzot, Barbaroux, Guadet and Salles. She, alongside her husband and father and Guadetâs father and aunt, were condemned to death and executed in Bordeaux on July 20 1794. Source: Paris rĂ©volutionnaire: Vieilles maisons, vieux papiers (1906), volume 3, chapter 15.
Marie Guadet (Guadetâs paternal aunt) â Condemned to death and executed in Bordeaux on July 20 1794, alongside her brother and his son, the Bouqueys and Xavier Dupeyrat. Source: Charlotte Corday et les Girondins: piĂšces classĂ©es et annotĂ©es (1872) by Charles Vatel.
Charlotte Robespierre â Arrested and interrogated on July 31 1794 (see this post). According to the article Charlotte Robespierre et ses amis (1961), no decree ordering her release appears to exist. In her memoirs (1834), Charlotte claims she was set free after a fortnight, and while the account she gives over her arrest as a whole should probably be doubted, it seems strange she would lie to make the imprisonment shorter than it really was. We know for a fact she had been set free by November 18 1794, when we find this letter from her to her uncle.
Françoise Magdeleine Fleuriet-Lescot â put under house arrest on July 28 1794, the same day as her husbandâs execution. Interrogated on July 31. By August 7 1794 she had been transferred to the Carmes prison, where she the same day wrote a letter to the president of the Convention (who she asked to in turn give it to Panis) begging for her freedom. On September 5 the letter was sent to the Committee of General Security. I have been unable to discover when she was set free. Source: Papiers inĂ©dits trouvĂ©s chez Robespierre, Saint-Just, Payan, etc. supprimĂ©s ou omis par Courtois. prĂ©cĂ©dĂ©s du Rapport de ce dĂ©putĂ© Ă la Convention Nationale, volume 3, page 295-300.
Françoise Duplay â a CGS decree dated July 27 1794 orders the arrest of her, her husband and their son, and for all three to be put in isolation. The order was carried out one day later, July 28 1794, when all three were brought to the PĂ©lagie prison. On July 29, Françoise was found hanged in her cell. See this post.
Ălisabeth Le Bas Duplay â imprisoned with her infant son from July 31 to December 8 1794, 4 months and 7 days. The orders for her arrest and release were both issued by the CGS. See this post.
Sophie Auzat Duplay â She and her husband Antoine were arrested in Bruxelles on August 1 1794. By October 30 the two had been transferred to Paris, as we on that date find a letter from Sophie written from the Conciergerie prison. She was set free by a CPS decree (that I canât find in Recueil des actes du ComitĂ© de salut publicâŠ) on November 19 1794, after 3 months and 18 days of imprisonment. When her husband got liberated is unclear. See this post.
Victoire Duplay â Arrested in PĂ©ronne by representative on mission Florent Guiot (he reveals this in a letter to the CPS dated August 4 1794). When she got set free is unknown. See this post.
ĂlĂ©onore Duplay â Her arrest warrant, ordering her to be put in the PĂ©lagie prison, was drafted by the CGS on August 6 1794. Somewhere after this date she was moved to the Port-LibrĂ© prison, and on April 21 1795, from there to the Plessis prison. She was transfered back to the PĂ©lagie prison on May 16 1795. Finally, on July 19 1795, after as much as 11 months and 13 days in prison, ĂlĂ©onore was liberated through a decree from the CGS. See this post.
Ălisabeth Le Bon â arrested in Saint-Pol on August 25 1794, âsuspected of acts of oppressionâ and sent to Arras together with her one year old daughter Pauline. The two were locked up in âthe house of the former Providence.â On October 26, Ălisabeth gave birth to her second child, Ămile, while in prison. She was released from prison on October 14 1795, four days after the execution of her husband. By then, she had been imprisoned for 1 year, 1 month and 19 days. Source: Paris rĂ©volutionnaire: Vieilles maisons, vieux papiers (1906), volume 3, chapter 1.
#frev#french revolution#madame roland is of course here too but she might go in the notlikeothergirls camp in this particular instance#fĂ©licitĂ© brissot#suzanne pĂ©tion#Ă©lĂ©onore duplay#Ă©lisabeth lebas#charlotte robespierre#thĂ©resa cabarrus#lucile desmoulins#marie françoise hĂ©bert#everyone: is held in prison from anything from two months to a whole year if not executed before then#charlotte: two weeksâŠ#i mean iâm not surprised butâŠ
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