The Death of Hunger, Death of Cold

Winter also brought with it the final, final collapse of the ensignor. This time the directory finally decided that they just couldn't keep pumping worthless paper out into the economy. On february nineteenth, 17 96, they closed the presses and then held a ritual ceremony in which all the printing plates were broken at the same moment. The newly represcribed jacobins were then booted from whatever petty offices they had taken up.