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Foreign News
October 12, 1802
The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
In France, with the exchequer exhausted, Bonaparte ordered contractor Ouvrard three weeks ago to provide a large sum of money. Ouvrard refused, leading to his imprisonment in the Temple. After blunders by his replacement in victualling the navy, Ouvrard was offered the position back but declined.
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Full Text
The exchequer of France being exhausted, Bonaparte, three weeks ago, dispatched a message to a rich contractor of the name of Ouvrard, in which he was ordered to furnish him instantaneously with a very considerable sum, for which he would allow him proper interest. The contractor, however, neither answered the letter, nor waited on the writer of it: the consequence was, that the citoyen Fournisseur was furnished with apartments gratis, in the Temple. During his short stay in the Bastille, the person who in his absence was to victual the navy, committed so many blunders, that the place was again offered to him, but the steady Ouvrard declined it with manly contempt.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Political
What keywords are associated?
France Exchequer
Bonaparte Order
Ouvrard Refusal
Imprisonment Temple
Navy Victualling
What entities or persons were involved?
Bonaparte
Ouvrard
Where did it happen?
France
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
France
Event Date
Three Weeks Ago
Key Persons
Bonaparte
Ouvrard
Outcome
ouvrard imprisoned in the temple; offered position back but declined
Event Details
Bonaparte ordered Ouvrard to provide a large sum due to exhausted exchequer; Ouvrard refused and was imprisoned; replacement blundered navy victualling; Ouvrard declined reinstatement.