Note 192 — XXII. 1785. August 8–17. TWELVE DAYS’ STATE AT BAR-SUR-AUBE.
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Ibid. p. 120. The author of this work states that he was at Bar-sur-Aube at this particular period, and saw the count riding about in the balloon-shaped carriage above mentioned. Balloons, it should be remembered, were then a recent invention, Montgolfier having made his first ascent in December, 1783, some twenty months previously.