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(1795): Lalande publishes the first obituary on the life and work of Lavoisier. He reminds that in his last days, when he was loosing all of his fortunes, Lavoisier thought of making his living by practising as an pharmacist.
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(1795-03-06): The Convention decides to restore real estate and furnishing belonging personally to heirs of those condemned.
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(1795-05-03): The Convention decrees return of confiscated property of the Fermiers Généraux to their heirs.
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(1795-05-05): Apparently unaware of the Decree of May 3, Dupin proposes to the Convention that the confiscation of property of the unjustly condemned financiers be declared void.
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(1795-07): Pamphlet denouncing Dupin for his role in the vindictive pursuit of the Fermiers Généraux, written and published by Madame Lavoisier.
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(1795-08-13): Dupin is delcared under arrest and deprived of his commission as representative of the people. (He is released after the general amnesty of October 26, 1795).
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(1795-10-22): At the Lycée des arts Bouillon-Lagrange reads an obituary of Lavoisier according to which Dumas, in answer to those who sought to save Lavoisier from the guillotine by extolling his virtues as a scientist, purportedly said “France has no n
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