1766-Oct.: Two tragic suicides occurred in Paris involving foreigners driven to absolute despair by a total lack of financial resources.

1766-Oct.: Two tragic suicides occurred in Paris involving foreigners driven to absolute despair by a total lack of financial resources. A Dutchman living in a furnished room on Rue du Pélican took his own life by hanging after running out of money. Simultaneously, an unnamed American on Rue Montmartre died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound under similar impoverished circumstances. These incidents were reported to colonial readers as stark examples of the social and economic pressures present within the French capital.