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Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de, 1749-1792. Letter : Versailles, to Mr. Beaugeart, Secretary of the Queen's Commands, 1788 May 14.

Title: Letter : Versailles, to Mr. Beaugeart, Secretary of the Queen's Commands, 1788 May 14.

Asking that a Mr. Leonard, hairdresser to the Queen, be installed as bathwarmer to the Queen upon the death of the current bathwarmer, Mr. Leguay.

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Lenclos, Ninon de, 1620-1705. Document signed : Paris, 1693 June 2.

Title: Document signed : Paris, 1693 June 2.

A receipt for 450 livres for the second half of 1693, due to her as income (annuity) from the "gabelles" (duties on salt). This seems to have been a government pension, as it comes from the Mayor's Office.

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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793. Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to the President of the National Assembly, 1791 Nov. 28.

Title: Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to the President of the National Assembly, 1791 Nov. 28.

Asking him to inform the National Assembly that he has named Mr. Lessert to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Cahier de Gerville to that of the Interior.

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Corday, Marie Anne Charlotte, 1768-1793. Autograph note signed : [Bastille, Paris], [1793] July 17.

Title: Autograph note signed : [Bastille, Paris], [1793] July 17.

Rebuking her lawyer for failing to defend her, and thanking the one who did: "le Citoyen doulcet de pontecoulant est un lache d'avoir refusé de me defendre, lorsque la chose était si facile. Celui qui la fait s'en est acquitté avec toute la dignité possible, je lui en conserve ma reconnaissance jusqu'au dernier moment. Marie de Corday." These are Corday's last written words, written as she awaited execution for the assassination by stabbing of Marat.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Voltaire, 1759 June 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Voltaire, 1759 June 14.

Commenting on Voltaire's desire to dedicate his tragedy of Tancrède to her: "When I determined myself to force the Marmotte of the Mount Jura I only thought of Voltaire being French and forgot he has been a Prussian. At this moment I forget it again and while I consent that he send me the manuscript of his tragedy, I would not hesitate to tell him what I think of it naturally it will be of the same kind as of (almost) all of his works that of pleasing me ..."

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Voltaire, 1694-1778. Letter signed : Fernay, to "Monseigneur", 1771 Nov. 9.

Title: Letter signed : Fernay, to "Monseigneur", 1771 Nov. 9.

Introducing Mr. Dupuits, husband of Corneille's grand-daughter.

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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. Autograph letter signed : [place illegible], to the Count Munnich, 1764 June 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [place illegible], to the Count Munnich, 1764 June 21.

Saying that his news about the Baltic port pleases her.

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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793. Letter signed : Versailles, to George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, 1782 Mar. 3.

Title: Letter signed : Versailles, to George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, 1782 Mar. 3.

Informing him of the death of his aunt, Princess Sophie.

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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793. Letter signed : Versailles, to "Madame, ma soeur etcousine" [Maria Adelaide Clotilde, wife of Carlo Ermanuele IV, King of Sardinia], 1785 Mar. 27.

Title: Letter signed : Versailles, to "Madame, ma soeur etcousine" [Maria Adelaide Clotilde, wife of Carlo Ermanuele IV, King of Sardinia], 1785 Mar. 27.

Announcing the birth of his son, Louis XVII.

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Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d', 1652-1722. Autograph letter signed : Marly, to the Duchess de Ventadour, 1701 Aug. 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Marly, to the Duchess de Ventadour, 1701 Aug. 10.

Concerning the illness of the Duchesse de Bourgogne (who, according to Saint Simon in his Mémoires, took ill when she bathed after eating too much fruit), and Madame de Maintenon's efforts on her behalf.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter unsigned : [n.p.], to her father, [n.d., ca. 1745].

Title: Autograph letter unsigned : [n.p.], to her father, [n.d., ca. 1745].

Regarding a suit filed by her, concerning her only daughter, Alexandrine Jeanne Le Normand, 1743-1754. She has given Mr. Labourdonnois's report (Bertrand François Marie de la Bourdonnais, 1699-1753) to Mr. Mauchaud (Jean Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville, 1701-1794), who will await more detailed information from the lawyer. Mme. de Pompadour is pessimistic about the outcome of the suit, but hopes that her daughter will retain her grandparents' fortune: "Win or lose, we will never have anything to reproach ourselves with, and money will never be able to ruin our happiness. This is always my way of thinking, and I hope you approve of it."

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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. Autograph letter signed : Dimanske, to the Count Munnich, [1765 Jan. 9].

Title: Autograph letter signed : Dimanske, to the Count Munnich, [1765 Jan. 9].

Asking him to meet with her, in confidence, tomorrow.

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Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient ("votrealtesse serenissime"), [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient ("votrealtesse serenissime"), [n.d.].

Assuring him that she and the King are devoted to his Minister (an unidentified woman).

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Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. Letter signed : Coblenz, the second Complementaire, to the Minister of War ("mon cousin"), [1804 Sept. 19] "twelfth year of the Republic."

Title: Letter signed : Coblenz, the second Complementaire, to the Minister of War ("mon cousin"), [1804 Sept. 19] "twelfth year of the Republic."

Commanding that the Generals not give their troops unnecessary duties, and that the soldiers of a certain garrison be given an extra week's pay in recompense for their extraordinary service; and asking that General Vernier be permitted to receive his retirement pension [despite his association with Pichergru, who had been involved in a plot to murder Napoleon].

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Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Prime Minister, Cardinal Fleury, 1730 Nov. 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Prime Minister, Cardinal Fleury, 1730 Nov. 20.

Asking him to tell the King of her eagerness to see him, reporting that her health is improved, begging him to care for his own health, and hoping that he does not disapprove that Mme. de Chateaurenard will be in her suite today.

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Marie Leszczyńska, Queen, consort of Louis XV, King of France, 1703-1768. Letter signed : Versailles, to "Monsieur Mon frere Le Roi de La Grande Bretagne" [George III], 1766 Oct. 5.

Title: Letter signed : Versailles, to "Monsieur Mon frere Le Roi de La Grande Bretagne" [George III], 1766 Oct. 5.

Thanking him for a letter delivered by Lord Lennox, his plenipotentiary Minister.

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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793. Document signed : [n.p.], 1784 May 16/17.

Title: Document signed : [n.p.], 1784 May 16/17.

Signed also by Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793. A royal marriage contract between the Vicomte de Preisac and the Demoiselle Marie Charlotte Clotilde Dusson. The lengthy text specifies the dowry of lands, property, and money. On the seventh page the document has been signed by Louis XVI, King of France, followed by his Queen, Marie Antoinette, the future King Louis XVIII of France and his Queen, the future King Charles X of France and his Queen, a sister of Louis XVI, two daughters of Louis XV, and two sons of Charles X (the Dukes of Angouleme and Berry). On the eighth page are the signatures of the bridal couple, their relatives, government officials, etc. The signatures of the bridal couple also appear on the other leaves, which bear official stamps.

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Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "La Reine, Madame ma mere"[Marie de Medici, second wife of Henry IV], [ca. 1630].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "La Reine, Madame ma mere"[Marie de Medici, second wife of Henry IV], [ca. 1630].

Asking Her Majesty to consider the case of Mr. Mayernne who has lost his place as the King's Physician without cause, she feels.

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Papers, 1904-2000.

Title: Papers, 1904-2000.

Historian. Correspondence (1985-1999) and research materials (1904-2000) compiled by Ray Miles for his dissertation and biography on oilman Thomas Baker Slick, titled King of the Wildcatters: The Life and Times of Tom Slick, 1883-1930.

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Lecouvreur, Adrienne, 1692-1730. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [the Countess Aurora Konigs March, Mother of Maurice de Saxe], 1721 Mar. 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [the Countess Aurora Konigs March, Mother of Maurice de Saxe], 1721 Mar. 22.

This long and spirited letter, written in 1721, the year Lecouvreur became the mistress of Maurice de Saxe, is apparently written to his mother, the Countess Aurora Konigs March, begging for her support. The Marechal de Saxe had just returned to France from a campaign against the Turks, obtained his commission, and been divorced from his wife. Signed "Lecouvreur."

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Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], 13 Ventose, to Citizen Botot, secretary to the Director Barras at the Luxembourg Palace, [ca. 1797-1799].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], 13 Ventose, to Citizen Botot, secretary to the Director Barras at the Luxembourg Palace, [ca. 1797-1799].

Saying that yesterday she sent a memo to Barras, recommending citizen Pelleport to the Registers of the Town Dues, which she hopes he will endorse. (Note: Josephine was Barras's mistress before she married Napoléon, and Barras introduced her to Napoléon).

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter : [n.p.], to [her brother, the Marquis de Marigny], 1760 May 11.

Title: Autograph letter : [n.p.], to [her brother, the Marquis de Marigny], 1760 May 11.

About preparing the house(Ménars-le-château?) for the arrival of M. and Mme. de Castellane the following month; and noting that she has been feeling ill.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Madame the Marquise de Mailly, 1758 Jan. 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Madame the Marquise de Mailly, 1758 Jan. 20.

Assuring her that she takes an interest in her son, the Count de Mailly.

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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793. Expense account signed : Treasury of the Chamber, 1781 Jan. 4.

Title: Expense account signed : Treasury of the Chamber, 1781 Jan. 4.

A list of the Queen's expenditures for the year 1781, including domestic goods (such as linens) and services (such as laundering).

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Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Bishop of Chartres, [1717 June 1].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Bishop of Chartres, [1717 June 1].

Noting that for his one o'clock visit to the "community," she had intended to ask him to speak on the subject of obedience, but that the Mother Superior had already addressed them on the subject.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter : Marigny [postmark Compiègne], to "Monsieur Poisson" [her father], [1753] July 5.

Title: Autograph letter : Marigny [postmark Compiègne], to "Monsieur Poisson" [her father], [1753] July 5.

Apologizing for being so long in writing, due to long voyages she and the King have taken, and telling him he was right to purchase his property. She also refers to the visit of her brother and father and regrets she cannot accompany him.

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Du Barry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793. Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Voltaire, [1773?].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Voltaire, [1773?].

Praising his works and youthful spirit: "If you did not speak, Sir, of the winter of your years, one would believe, from the freshness of your works, that you are inspired by the fires of early youth. The letter I have received from you sparkles with gaiety, and Tibulle could not have mingled more finesse with more gallantry. Live as long as your works, Sir ..."

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Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780. Letter signed, with autograph postscript : Vienna, to the Count de Pallavicini, "Marechal de mes armées", 1761 Feb. 11.

Title: Letter signed, with autograph postscript : Vienna, to the Count de Pallavicini, "Marechal de mes armées", 1761 Feb. 11.

Expressing her regret upon the death of General Tillier, "an officer who has served me well," congratulating the Marshal on the military training of his sons, and thanking him for the services he has rendered for her cause.

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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. Autograph note, unsigned : "ou Camp de [Leuse?], ", [n.d.].

Title: Autograph note, unsigned : "ou Camp de [Leuse?], ", [n.d.].

Showing the purchase of the estate of Pompadour which Louis XV gave to Mme. Pompadour and from which she derived her title. In full: "Mme. d'Etoiles aiant achepte la terre de Pompadour et la voulant bien traitter vous n'aves qu'a lui expedier le brevet dont copie est cy-jointe pour qu'elle puisse jouir deshonneurs attaches a la ditte terre."

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Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814. Autograph letter signed : Strasbourg, 25 Vendemiarie, to "Mon cousin", [1805 Oct. 17].

Title: Autograph letter signed : Strasbourg, 25 Vendemiarie, to "Mon cousin", [1805 Oct. 17].

Assuring him that the Emperor is in excellent health, and awaiting good news from a messenger.

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Montespan, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de, 1641-1707. Document signed : Convent of St. Joseph, 1689 Feb. 9.

Title: Document signed : Convent of St. Joseph, 1689 Feb. 9.

Sending a young woman, Marie Anne De La Motto, to the family of a tailor as an apprentice for a period of three years, to be taught fine sewing. The girl is to be fed, housed, to have her laundry done, and generally treated kindly as a member of the household.

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Orléans, Philippe, duc d', 1674-1723. Letter signed : Paris, to the Marquis d'Avarey, 1719 Aug. 10.

Title: Letter signed : Paris, to the Marquis d'Avarey, 1719 Aug. 10.

Thanking him for condolences upon the death of his daughter Marie-Louis-Elisabeth (1695-1719), daughter of Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, called Mademoiselle de Blois, legitimized daughter of Louis XIV and the marquise de Montespan.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de, 1721-1764. Document signed : Paris, 1757 July 26.

Title: Document signed : Paris, 1757 July 26.

Selling her Chateau of Bellevue to Louis XV for 300,000 livres. This is the receipt from the marquise to the King (headed "Quittance au Roy").

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Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gerando, a French philosopher and statesman, [n.d.] "Thursday morning".

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gerando, a French philosopher and statesman, [n.d.] "Thursday morning".

Complaining about an unpleasant conversation she had with Gerando's friend and the fever which ensued, feeling lonely, and asking him to visit her that morning.

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Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719. Autograph letter signed : Marly, to Madame de la Rochejaquelin, 1714 Nov. 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Marly, to Madame de la Rochejaquelin, 1714 Nov. 11.

Begging her to be less formal in correspondence, promising to speak to the Count d'Aubigne about her second son, wishing for news of Mme. de la Taillee, and regretting that Countess de Mailly in Flanders holds "firmly to her mistaken religious beliefs."

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Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Cardinal de Richelieu, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Cardinal de Richelieu, [n.d.].

Thanking him for helping her, and complaining that "the ambassador" is doing her brother, the King, a great wrong.

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Voltaire, 1694-1778. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Lambert, [ca. 1750].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Lambert, [ca. 1750].

Saying, "One is going to play incessantly with Oreste. I have a pressing need for Pausanias of Abbe Gedouin [Godoyn, who translated Orestes in 1731] in order not to make errors in Greek geography; also the works of Lagrange [Lagrange-Chancel] that I may have no trouble with him. If Mr. Lambert is able to find these books and to add to them Aristotle's Technique of Poetry, I shall be very obliged to him. I need these books by Wednesday morning at the latest. I beg of him to do me this kindness immediately."

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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Autograph letter signed, illustrated : Rome, to Charles Townley, 1772 Aug. 3.

Title: Autograph letter signed, illustrated : Rome, to Charles Townley, 1772 Aug. 3.

Praising him as a collector; with a pen and ink study by Piranesi of the Warwick Vase drawn as a heading for the letter.

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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793. Letter signed : Versailles, to "Madam, my sister" [Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818], 1788 Jan. 7.

Title: Letter signed : Versailles, to "Madam, my sister" [Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818], 1788 Jan. 7.

Announcing the arrival in England of the Marquis de la Luzerne, his new ambassador to the King. The marquis will convey personal messages from Louis to her. (During 1788 King George was insane, and his Queen was managing the royal household. Luzerne, who had been the French Minister to the U.S. during the Revolution, 1779-1783, was suspended within the year).

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Fersen, Hans Axel von, greve, 1755-1810. Document signed as Colonel of the Swedish Royal Regiment in the service of France : Paris, 1789 Jan. 10.

Title: Document signed as Colonel of the Swedish Royal Regiment in the service of France : Paris, 1789 Jan. 10.

Certifying that Charles Jean de Morlet was born of noble parents and so has the noblesse required to enter the service under King Louis XVI.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1747 May 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1747 May 22.

Saying that she has obtained for him a 2% interest on the town tolls of Tours, but that he must go to Mr. Meulun des Fontaines to sign the check.

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Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764. Autograph letter : [n.p.], to [Monsieur de Choiseuil], 1759 May 6.

Title: Autograph letter : [n.p.], to [Monsieur de Choiseuil], 1759 May 6.

Saying that she is quite touched by the attentions shown her by the Count of Moltke, and asking her correspondent if he thinks a carpet from the Savonnerie or some chairs from Goveline would please the Count.

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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. Letter signed : Metz, to the Duc de Gramont, 1744 Sept. 15.

Title: Letter signed : Metz, to the Duc de Gramont, 1744 Sept. 15.

Assuring the duc de Gramont that he is recovering from his illness. Written in reply to and on the same paper asa letter from the duc stating that the day he arrived, he learned of the King's illness, and that his own son fell ill on the same day; he was delighted to hear of the King's improvement the following day. He also notes that they are marching against the enemy, but he expects no military engagement at this time.

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