ABSTRACT
The convocation of the Estates General, the doubling of the deputies of the Third Estate, the king’s efforts to eliminate all difficulties which might delay the meeting of the Estates General and those which arose after its opening, all the retrenchments which the king made in his personal expenses, all the sacrifices which he made for his people in the session of 23 June [1789], finally, the union of the orders, effected by the king’s wish, a measure which His Majesty then deemed indispensable for the functioning of the Estates General, all his anxiety, all his efforts, all his generosity, all his devotion to his people – all have been misjudged, all have been misrepresented.
