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Coster, Claude-Charles, b. 1741?. Claude-Charles Coster letters, 1781-1806 (bulk 1790-1791).

Title: Claude-Charles Coster letters, 1781-1806 (bulk 1790-1791).

Bound manuscript consisting mainly of 244 letters from Coster to Beauveau, written from 1790-1791, containing extracts from the minutes of France's Constituent Assembly and observations on the latest political developments and incidents in Paris, including eyewitness accounts of some events. Coster also describes his own salary negotiations at length. Bound with these letters are transcripts of poems and songs relating to the French Revolution, minor quotations from a book published in 1806, and 40 letters by others written during the period from 1788-1792. Correspondents other than Coster include Pernot, abbé Arrighi, the marquis d'Argence, Pierre Vincent Benoît, Louis François Bertin, the marquis d'Amboise, Jean-François Joly de Fleury, Charles-Guillaume Lambert, Antoine-François comte de Bertrand de Moleville, Arnaud de Laporte, Louis-Charles-René comte de Marbeuf, and Trophime-Gérard marquis de Lally-Tolendal, with two short notes by Jacques Necker.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. ([373], [311] leaves) ; 23 cm.

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Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Letter, 1800 September 17, [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient.

Title: Letter, 1800 September 17, [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient.

Has received his letter and thanks him for his kind words.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 20 cm.

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Souvenirs, anecdotes et pensées diverses, ou, Morale de l'histoire et des philosophes, 1770 [i.e., ca. 1794-1795].

Title: Souvenirs, anecdotes et pensées diverses, ou, Morale de l'histoire et des philosophes, 1770 [i.e., ca. 1794-1795].

Manuscript by an anonymous French royalist, written at the height of the Reign of Terror in France, combining elements of the commonplace book and the political tract in support of Louis XVI. Despite the date of 1770 on the title page, the volume must have been written after 1793, as it mentions the execution of Louis XVI. It includes anecdotes and quotations on history, philosophy, and the range of human emotion and experience, as well as insights concerning the King and the political climate leading up to the Revolution. Also included are anecdotes which illustrate a quality or emotion, such as courage, honor, or charity, or which exemplify an act, such as adultery or forgiveness. Two sections titled "Sentences" contain short Latin quotations from classical authors. The pieces (arranged in loose alphabetical order by subject) cover the period from antiquity to the late 18th century, and deal with a wide range of historical, mythological, Biblical, and literary figures. These include Philip of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Homer, Virgil, Martial, Ovid, Juvenal, Pliny, Horace, Seneca, William the Conqueror, Henri IV, Pierre de Bayard, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Catherine de Medici, Torquato Tasso, and Sir Walter Raleigh. Major 17th- and 18th-century figures mentioned include Cardinal Jules Mazarin, Elizabeth I of England, Philip IV of Spain, Charles Le Brun, Ottoman sultan Suleyman II, René Descartes, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Jacques Necker, Maurepas, the Marquis de Lafayette, George Washington, Charles-Louis de Montesquieu, Malesherbes, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Camille Desmoulins, the Marquis de Sade, Voltaire, François Quesnay, and Louis XVI, who is much discussed in admiring terms. Many passages include detailed information on the actions of the French government under Louis XVI.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (690 p.) ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64096114 View

Calonne, M. de (Charles Alexandre de), 1734-1802. Pamphlets on the government of late 18th-century France, 1732-1789 (bulk 1760-1789).

Title: Pamphlets on the government of late 18th-century France, 1732-1789 (bulk 1760-1789).

Essays, decrees, minutes of meetings, speeches, poems, satires, fiction, fictitious dialogues, a political catechism, and an acrostic concerning the French government, mainly at the national or provincial level, with some material from localities. Topics covered include France's Parlements, the monarchy, Catholicism as a political issue, the influence of the Enlightenment, the three estates, the Assembly of Notables, the convocation of the Estates General in 1789, the administration of Jacques Necker, and the Diamond Necklace Affair. Included is a list of localities sending deputations to the Estates General of 1789. Authors represented include Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Jacques Necker, Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti comte de Mirabeau, Louis XVI, Guy-Jean-Baptiste Target, Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne, Joseph Antoine Joachim Cérutti, and Jérôme Pétion.

ArchivalResource: ca. 378 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63937290 View

Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Letter signed : Paris, to M. Tillet, Director of the Academie Royale des Sciences, 1780 Feb. 25.

Title: Letter signed : Paris, to M. Tillet, Director of the Academie Royale des Sciences, 1780 Feb. 25.

Concerning chemicals used to test gold coins.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (large 8vo)

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Necker, Jacques 1732-1804. Informe presentado a Su Magestad Cristianísima [Luis XVI], en el mes de enero de [17]81, sobre el estado de la Real Hacienda [Manuscrito] por Mr. Necker, Director General de ella.

Title: Informe presentado a Su Magestad Cristianísima [Luis XVI], en el mes de enero de [17]81, sobre el estado de la Real Hacienda [Manuscrito] por Mr. Necker, Director General de ella. S.XVIII.

ArchivalResource: [I], 145 h. 31 x 22 cm.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Jacques Necker, 1789 Jan. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Jacques Necker, 1789 Jan. 24.

Concerning an oil trade agreement between France and the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Brissot de Warville, J.-P. (Jacques-Pierre), 1754-1793. Pamphlets on economy and finance in late 18th-century France, 1764-1789.

Title: Pamphlets on economy and finance in late 18th-century France, 1764-1789.

Essays, laws, decrees, speeches, satires, poems, fictional letters, and fictitious dialogues concerning economy and finance. Topics include taxes, proposals for financial reform, the credit system, agriculture, the problem of subsistence, guilds, France's Parlements (law courts), the Assembly of Notables, and the need to convoke the Estates General. Included are many items by, to, or about finance ministers Jacques Necker and Charles Alexandre de Calonne, including Necker's Compte Rendu au Roi of 1781. Authors include, in addition to the above, Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti comte de Mirabeau, the Marquis de Lafayette, Joseph Antoine Joachim Cérutti, Louis XVI, Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville, Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, Antoine Augustin Parmentier, and France's Conseil d'Etat and Cour des Aides.

ArchivalResource: ca. 224 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63937285 View

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter, 1789 January 22, Paris, [France] to William Short, n.p.

Title: Letter, 1789 January 22, Paris, [France] to William Short, n.p.

Concerns letter received from Benjamin Franklin regarding his health; political news of France; representation to the Third Estate, meeting of the estates in Versailles, how the states will vote; summary of Jacques Neckar's report to the king; money Necker borrowed; King of England's insanity and bill about Prince of Wales as sole regent; list of new administration in England; political news of Russia; freezing cold weather; illness of Jefferson's daughters; Jefferson's departure to America in April; received edition of Crusca he wanted; Mr. Jean Antoine Gautier and letter to Rome; Mr. John and Mrs. Lucy Ludwell Paradise in Paris with Jefferson; also sends letter of Mr. John Rutledge, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. on 1 leaf ; 23 cm. x 36 cm.

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Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Autograph signature to letter : Paris, 1789 Mar. 13.

Title: Autograph signature to letter : Paris, 1789 Mar. 13.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Autograph signature and post-script to letter : to Messrs. Bourdien Mollet, 1790 Mar. 9.

Title: Autograph signature and post-script to letter : to Messrs. Bourdien Mollet, 1790 Mar. 9.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 1/2 p.)

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Crouzet, Pierre, 1753-1811. [French pamphlets]

Title: [French pamphlets] 1789-1840.

Pamphlets in a variety of forms (decrees, constitutions, a program, personal narratives, reports, etc.) on a variety of topics including government, education, finance, refugees, orphans, religion, and law; most printed in France, but a few elsewhere, including Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.

ArchivalResource: ca. 80 items ; 31 cm and smaller.

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Collin d'Harleville, M. (Jean François), 1755-1806. Plays of the French Revolution period, 1781-1802 (bulk 1789-1799).

Title: Plays of the French Revolution period, 1781-1802 (bulk 1789-1799).

Consists mainly of plays on political topics, many of them comedies, some of them anonymous. Topics include Jacques Necker, divorce, criticism of the government, and dramatizations of recent events such as the fall of the Bastille or the taking of Toulon from the royalists in December 1793. Some comedies include songs. Authors represented include Jean François Collin d'Harleville, Jean Louis Laya, and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois.

ArchivalResource: ca. 33 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63937233 View

Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817. Papers, 1769-1831.

Title: Papers, 1769-1831.

This collection of the papers of Du Pont de Nemours was amassed by his descendant, Pierre S. du Pont (1870-1954). The main body of papers descended through Henry Algernon du Pont to Henry Francis du Pont and now form part of The Winterthur Manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft.

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Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1778 Jan. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1778 Jan. 12.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (fol.)

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Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Autograph letter signed : Versailles, to Thomas Jefferson, [no year] Sept. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Versailles, to Thomas Jefferson, [no year] Sept. 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270611422 View

Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Mémoire Donné au Roi en 1778 : n.p. : ms.

Title: Mémoire Donné au Roi en 1778 : n.p. : ms.

Memorandum prepared for the king, on the problems of local government in the provinces, with suggestions for reform.

ArchivalResource: [11] p. ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215021629 View

Portrait file: Guide.

Title: Portrait file: Guide.

The Portrait File is an alphabetically arranged collection of portait images of individuals, groups of individuals, and views and miscellany, received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (5 linear ft.)

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Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. Autograph letter signed, 1798 Jul. 17.

Title: Autograph letter signed, 1798 Jul. 17.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270609723 View

France. Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791). Verbal proceedings, 1787-1797 [microform].

Title: Verbal proceedings, 1787-1797 [microform].

These documents concern the activities of Du Pont de Nemours and his involvement in the Assemblée des notables and Assemblee nationale. Included are proceedings of the meetings of the Assemblée des notables, which debated requests by Louis XVI and his ministers for increased taxes.

ArchivalResource: 5 reels.

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Monsieur Necker, Director General de la Real Hacienda en Francia [Manuscrito] : su retiro del Ministerio, el año de 1781.

Title: Monsieur Necker, Director General de la Real Hacienda en Francia [Manuscrito] : su retiro del Ministerio, el año de 1781. S.XIX.

ArchivalResource: 16 h. 21 x 15 cm.

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Chester, John Needels, 1864-1955,. John Needels Chester collection, 1703-1939.

Title: John Needels Chester collection, 1703-1939.

Autograph and portrait collection assembled by John Needels Chester. Persons represented by manuscript material in Series 1, Napoleon, 1703-1901, include Napoleon and other members of the Bonaparte family, the Marquis de Lafayette, Joachim Murat, Napoleon III, Jacques Necker, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. Persons represented by manuscript material in Series 2, American History, 1761-1887, include Jefferson Davis, John C. Frémont, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Knox, Robert E. Lee, Dolley Madison, and William Tecumseh Sherman. Persons represented by manuscript material in Series 3, Literature, 1840-1939, include James Fenimore Cooper, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sir Henry Irving, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Mary Shelley.

ArchivalResource: 175 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319629632 View

Du Pont, Victor, 1767-1827. Papers, 1753-1847.

Title: Papers, 1753-1847.

These materials constitute the chief body of Victor du Pont's papers. They should be used in conjunction with the Victor du Pont papers that are part of the Hagley Museum and Library's Longwood Manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503404 View

France. Contrôleur Général de Commerce. Records relating to government support for iron and glass manufacturing, 1774-1789.

Title: Records relating to government support for iron and glass manufacturing, 1774-1789.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122457545 View

Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804. [Documents pertaining to the office of tax collector for Béarn and Navarre held by Jean Gratien de Laussat], [between 1771 and 1789].

Title: [Documents pertaining to the office of tax collector for Béarn and Navarre held by Jean Gratien de Laussat], [between 1771 and 1789].

Documents, probably compiled by Jean Gratien de Laussat in France between 1771 and 1789, concerning the position of "réceveur-général des finances de Béarn and Navarre" which he had occupied since 1765.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; 40 cm. (fol.)

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Du Pont, Victor, 1767-1827. Papers, 1778-1827.

Title: Papers, 1778-1827.

Series A, correspondence of Victor du Pont, consists primarily of letters to his family. Those to his brother, Eleuthère Irénée, are the most numerous. The correspondence also describes the emergence of Victor du Pont & Co. and its financial problems. Series B includes Victor du Pont's writings, student notebooks, and business papers of Victor and Charles I. du Pont, cloth manufacturers. Included are contracts and apprenticeship papers. Also included is a letterbook that Victor du Pont kept while in Paris (1801) on behalf of Du Pont de Nemours, Père & Fils Cie. Correspondence with Bertram Cruger and Moses L. Moses concern land investments in Kentucky and New York.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122396905 View

Antraigues, Emmanuel-Henri-Louis Alexandre de Launay, comte d', 1753-1812. French Revolution collection, 1668-1868 (bulk 1780-1820).

Title: French Revolution collection, 1668-1868 (bulk 1780-1820).

Books, pamphlets, graphic materials, periodicals, broadsides, and manuscripts providing comprehensive documentation of the political, economic, and social aspects of the French Revolution, with substantial additional material on the "ancien régime," the Napoleonic period, and the Restoration. Included are government documents such as laws, decrees, minutes of meetings, judicial proceedings, and official correspondence; memoirs, histories, biographies, speeches, polemics, almanacs, catechisms, satires, acrostics, plays, comic operas, dialogues, poems, "vaudevilles," "calendriers," and works written in dialect; songs with and without musical notation; and engravings, etchings, and some lithographs, including portraits, caricatures, and illustrations. The collection is strongest in the areas of economy and finance, the Revolutionary government, and Revolutionary culture, with unusual strength in popular culture. Topics covered in the area of economy and finance include agriculture, with material on the physiocrats, transport and customs, food, and prices; paper currency reform, with much material on the "assignats," and some on counterfeiting; the "biens nationaux"; and taxation, including the clerical tax, seigneurial dues, aristocratic privileges, the "cahiers de doléances," and the reforms of the night of August 4, 1789. Materials on the Revolutionary government include laws and other documents from the Estates General, the National Assemblies, the National Convention, and other bodies at the national, "département," and local levels, including all the various constitutions drawn up in the course of the Revolution, as well as documents on poor relief, divorce, representation, suffrage, despotism, conspiracies, accusations, denunciations, the monarchy, and the nobility. Also included are materials on Catholicism, including the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the "théophilanthropes," and non-juring clergy; and on political culture, including the impact of the Enlightenment, popular culture, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Bastille, martyrs and oaths, revolutionary festivals, and education. Other topics covered include political rights, including the political clubs, the Third Estate, freedom of the press, and detention; France's colonies, including the slavery question; war and foreign affairs, including material on the navy and especially the army; and events in the Vendée and Toulon, with material on royalists and emigrés. Local government materials focus especially on Paris, Toulon, and Strasbourg. Authors and correspondents include Emmanuel-Henri-Louis Alexandre de Launay, comte d'Antraigues; Gracchus Babeuf, Jean Sylvain Bailly, B. Barère, Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Joseph Antoine Joachim Cérutti, Georges Jacques Danton, Pierre-Claude-François Daunou, Jacques Louis David, Camille Desmoulins, Pierre Toussaint Durand de Maillane, Jean-Jacques Eprémesnil, Claude Fauchet, Jacques-René Hébert, the marquis de Lafayette, Joseph Lakanal, Laurent Lecointre, Pierre-Victor Malouet; Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau; the vicomte de Mirabeau, Jacques Necker, Jérôme Pétion, Louis Marie Prudhomme, Jean-Paul Rabaut, Maximilien Robespierre, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, and many lesser-known but significant individuals.

ArchivalResource: 451 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63949148 View