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ShareThomas Jefferson's account of the storming of the Bastille (July 1789)
In his letter to Secretary of Foreign Affairs John Jay, Jefferson recounts how a mob stormed the Bastille, took the stash of arms, freed the prisoners, and seized the "Governor" of the Bastille who was then killed and beheaded in the city streets.
Found in Continental Congress - Papers
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