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BG.782.014
4 Mar 1782:22 (1435)
Paris, Oct. 31. . . [2d para] Scarcely were these words on
the 22d, publicly repeated, a Dauphin! a Dauphin!
accompanied with expressions the most tender, moving and
patriotic, but the Sieurs de Boissy, treasurers of the
company for the assistance of prisoners, received a letter,
by which a citizen, who desires to remain unknown, announces
his intention of signalizing the happy event of that day by
the deliverance of a number of prisoners, confined for debts
of mois de nourrice. This benefactor unwilling to appear at
the distribution, refers it to the wisdom of the two
treasurers, In the morning of the 23d 15000 libres are
bro't to them: Extremely happy in being charged with the
execution of so benevolent an action,they fly to the Fort
l'Evque, declare their mission, and cause to be sung, in
the chapel of his prison, a Te Deum, followed by a prayer
consecrated by the church to the desire of the preservation
of Sovereigns. The chosen debtors, having gained their
liberty, and a further sum of money being distributed among
them, blessing their deliverer, and in vain seeking for a
sight of him, they fill the air with acclamations of -- Long
live the King the Queen and Monseigneur the Dauphin!--
The 15000 livres mentioned above, has procured the liberty
of 194 persons, viz. 106 men, and 88 women.
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