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Rh From the time the religious were put under arrest, all their effects were put in sequestration, so that they could receive no rents; therefore, from the 3rd of October till the 24th of December 1793, the community had to maintain themselves from what small property remained in the house, which was merely sufficient to keep them alive. On the 24th of December the Commissioners came from the department, and brought for each nun 200 livres, from which sum they had to pay the guard. It being now the depth of winter, and every room taken from the community which had a chimney in it, the nuns were obliged by reason of the cold to confine themselves to their cells. . ..

[Here the MS. breaks off. On the 15th of July the nuns were removed in the night, in six coaches, to the Castle of Vincennes, locked up in narrow cells, unable to see out of their windows. Four months after, they were taken back to Paris in a cart, and brought to the Convent of the Austin nuns in the Fossés St. Victor, who were also prisoners in their own house. On the 1st of March 1795 they regained their liberty, and recovered part of their linen and furniture. By the sale of these they raised supplies for their journey, left Paris June 19th, and arrived in London July 5th, 1795. They settled in the same year at Marnhull in Dorsetshire, and eventually removed to Colwich, Staffordshire.]