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| | Jacques Pierre Brissot |
 | | Jacques Pierre Brissot (January, 1754 - October 31, 1795), who assumed the name of de Warville, a celebrated French Girondist, was born at Chartres, where his father was an inn-keeper. |
 | | The plan was unsuccessful, and soon after his return to Paris Brissot was lodged in the Bastille on the charge of having published a work against the government. |
 | | During the Legislative Assembly his knowledge of foreign affairs enabled him as member of the diplomatic committee practically to direct the foreign policy of France, and the declaration of war against the emperor on April 20, 1792, and that against England on July 1, 1793, were largely due to him. |
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