Note 73 — Chapter IX
Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam translation
The Comte Jean Axel de Fersen, the commander in France of his own regiment, the ‘Royal Suédois,’ distinguished himself by his devotion to the royal family, which he served as a guide during the fatal journey to Varennes. Having escaped from the storm-tossed events of the Revolution, he perished a victim to the agitation which prevailed in Stockholm in 1800. The people, irritated against him, assailed him with stones during the funeral procession of Prince Charles of Augustenburg, and finally killed him amidst the most horrible tortures—Author’s Note.
The political and private correspondence of Fersen was published by Colonel Klinkowström in Paris under the title of Le Comte de Fersen et la Cour de France (2 vols.)—Firmin Didot. It is also interesting to consult M. Paul Gavlot’s Un Ami de la Reine—Ollendorf. On the death of the grand-marshal, read the introduction to the first-named work.