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The day that Citizen Chauvelin's letter was received by the members of the Committee of Public Safety was indeed one of great rejoicing.
The Moniteur tells us that in the Séance of September 22nd, 1793, or Vendemiaire 1st of the Year I it was decreed that sixty prisoners, not absolutely proved guilty of treason against the Republic -- only suspected -- were to be set free.