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reception, but the Third Estate, hard pressed in the struggle with the privileged orders, admitted them provisionally "with testimonies of affection."^^Nevertheless, it was generally known that their election was irregular, the King not having asked the colonies to send deputies, and for a time it looked as though nothing more would be done about the matter. But on June 13, at the end of the general roll call, Gouy d'Arsy expressed surprise at not having heard the Secretary call the names of the deputies for Santo Domingo, and thereupon the "Dean", after having consulted the assembly, asked the colonists to bring forward their credentials.With this request they readily complied, saying graciously that they wished to sit among the "Commons" without distinction of birth.^*The question of their definitive admission was now ready for decision and, on June 14, in the name of the twentieth bureau,Redon made a report on their credentials. And the report was unfavorable. Redon pointed out that the King had not asked the colonists to send deputies and that, moreover, the credentials tinder consideration were not conclusive proof that Santo Domingo desired deputies. But as this report was apparently regarded as only preliminary, the assembly took no action at the time and the colonists continued to sit provisionally as deputies withqutjhe right to vote.^^At length, on June 19, a committee Fitz-Gerald. It will be observed that the first five names here mentioned were on the list of the nine commissioners of Santo Domingo (See ante, p. 7). The other three men had come directly from the colony.Journal inedit de Jallet, * * * (Published by J. J. Brethe; Fontenay-le-Comte, 1871), 81-82. Recit des Seances des Deputes des Communes depuis le 5 Mai 1789 jusqu'au 12 Juin suivant (Reimpression par