CONTENTS
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| Number | Page | ||
| E. | Decree upon Political and Press Offenders. September 4, 1870. | 596 | |
| 123. | Diplomatic Circulars upon the Franco-Prussian War. | 596 | |
| A. | Circular to French Ministers. September 6, 1870. | 596 | |
| B. | Circular to Prussian Ministers. September 13, 1870 | 599 | |
| C. | Circular to Prussian Ministers. September 16, 1870. | 601 | |
| 124. | Decrees and Laws upon the Executive Power, 1871–1873. | 604 | |
| A. | Decree Appointing Thiers. February 17, 1871. | 604 | |
| B. | The Rivet Law. August 31, 1871. | 604 | |
| C. | Law upon the Presidency. March 13, 1873. | 606 | |
| 125. | Preliminary Treaty of Versailles. February 26, 1871. | 607 | |
| 126. | Declaration of the Paris Commune. April 19, 1871. | 608 | |
| 127. | Laws for Reorganizing Local Government. | 612 | |
| A. | Communal Law. April 14, 1871. | 612 | |
| B. | Departmental Law. August 10, 1871. | 613 | |
| 128. | Law for Reorganizing the Army. July 27, 1872. | 618 | |
| 129. | Documents upon the Overthrow of Thiers. | 622 | |
| A. | The De Broglie Interpellation. May 19, 1873. | 622 | |
| B. | The Government Proposals. May 19, 1873. | 622 | |
| C. | The Ernonul Order of the Day. May 24, 1873. | 626 | |
| D. | The Target Declaration. May 24, 1873. | 627 | |
| E. | Manifesto of the Extreme Left. May 24, 1873. | 627 | |
| 130. | The White Flag Letter. October 27, 1873. | 627 | |
| 131. | Law of the Septenate. November 20, 1873. | 630 | |
| 132. | Documents upon the Establishment of the Republic. | 631 | |
| A. | The Casimir-Perier Proposal. June 15, 1874. | 631 | |
| B. | The Ventavon Proposal. July 15, 1874. | 632 | |
