1To George Washington from Gouverneur Morris, 23 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
..., dated 25 July 1792 and issued under Brunswick’s signature, which threatened “total destruction” to anyone who opposed their efforts to restore the authority of Louis XVI. Its publication in the Paris newspapers led to violent protests in the streets of Paris. On 10 Aug. a mob stormed the Tuileries, where Louis XVI and his family were living, and massacred the Swiss Guard which...