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4873. LOUIS XVI., Execution.—[continued].

It is certain that the ladies
of this city [Philadelphia], of the first
circle, are open-mouthed against the murderers
of a sovereign, and they generally speak those
sentiments which the more cautious husband
smothers.—
To James Madison. Washington ed. iii, 520. Ford ed., vi, 193.
(1793)