For Louis XIVth's claim see "Memoirs of Louis XIV for the Instruction
of the Dauphin."

For a simple exposition of the way in which the exercise of this power
became simply confiscation of all private property in France, see
Mallet Du Pan's "Memoirs," London, 1852, vol. ii, p. 14.

[54] See Du Pont's arguments, as given by Levasseur.

[55] Louis Blanc calls attention to this very fact in showing the
superiority of the French _assignats_ to the old American Continental
currency, See his "Histoire de la Révolution française," tome xii,
p. 98.

[56] See Sumner, as above, p. 220.

[57] See Levasseur, as above, vol. i, p. 178.

[58] See Cambon's "Report," Aug. 15, 1793, pp. 49-60; also, "Decree of
Aug. 24, 1793," sec. 31, chapters XCVI-CIII. Also, "Tableaux de la
dépréciation de papier monnaie dans le department de la Seine."

[59] For the example of Metz and other authorities, see Levasseur, as
above, vol. i, p. 180.

[60] See Von Sybel, vol. iii, p. 173.

[61] See Thiers; also, for curious details of measures taken to compel
farmers and merchants, see Senior, Lectures on "Results of Paper
Money," pp. 86, 87.