ABSTRACT
The Convention’s sense that it was at the heart of a struggle of international significance was personified by the presence, as elected deputies, of two foreign revolutionaries, Tom Paine from Britain and the Dutchman Anacharsis Cloots. The British radical Joseph Priestley was elected in two departments, but declined to take his seat. They were three of eighteen foreigners who had already been made honorary French citizens-among the others were heroes of the American Revolution and Republic, British and European radicals and educators. The parliamentary reporter had some difficulty in transcribing their names.
