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France. Armée. Marche qua fait le regiment des Grenadiers royaux de Modene pendent la compagne de 1759 : journals, 1759-1760.

Title: Marche qua fait le regiment des Grenadiers royaux de Modene pendent la compagne de 1759 : journals, 1759-1760.

Journal of an anonymous French officer serving in Germany during the campaigns fo 1759-1760.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (268 p.), [1] folded plate ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28529345 View

Dumont de Montigny. Concession des Chaoüachas appartenante cy devant a Mgr. le Duc de Belleisle et associez.

Title: Concession des Chaoüachas appartenante cy devant a Mgr. le Duc de Belleisle et associez. [1747]

Shows plantation on Saint Catherine Creek in Natchez, Mississippi. The plantation formed part of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle's land concessions in provincial Louisiana. Identifies buildings, slave quarters, cleared fields and canals; keyed to references 1-23. From French army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoire of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737 (Ayer MS 257).

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 211 x 334 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40430194 View

Morton, James Douglas, Earl of, 1702-1768. Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

Title: Papers of the Earl of Morton, 1745-1807.

The collection contains scientific, political and personal correspondence of the Earl of Morton and the first Lady Morton; a travel diary kept by Sholto, Lord Morton in 1784; and a few folders of letters to George Douglas, Earl of Morton (1761-1827). Scientific correspondents include Duhamel du Monceau; Buffon; Pierre-Charles and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier; Réaumur; Samuel König; and close friend Colin Maclaurin. Subjects discussed include a gift of Scottish pineseeds to Buffon; attempts to observe the 1748 solar eclipse and improvements to telescopes; and the flora and fauna of the Orkneys. Other correspondents include Madame Geoffrin; the artist Benjamin West; Montesquieu; Sir Robert Walpole; the comte Saint-Germain; and Alexander Monro. Letters from vaious Douglas relatives and friends document Morton's arrest and imprisonment in the Bastille, while letters by Sir Matthew Decker, Francis Farquharson, Sir James Kinloch, and Lord Prestongrange concern the 1745 rebellion and its aftermath. Letters to Agatha Lady Morton from William Douglas and his wife also discuss the position of the Jacobites after the rising.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165056 View

William Henry Hoffman Collection on Napoleon I, Napoleon I, William Henry Hoffman Collection on, (bulk 1789-1821), 1585-1913

Title: William Henry Hoffman Collection on Napoleon I Napoleon I, William Henry Hoffman Collection on (bulk 1789-1821) 1585-1913

The William Henry Hoffman Collection on Napoleon I contains over 200 manuscripts pertaining to the First French Republic and the Napoleonic era, some of which are signed by the Emperor, and 400 rare books, prints, art objects, and examples of fine bindings.

ArchivalResource: 600 items

http://library.brown.edu/riamco/render.php?eadid=US-RPB-mshoffman&view=title View

Dumont de Montigny. Mémoire de Lxx Dxx officier ingénieur, contenant les evenements qui se sont passés à la Louisiane depuis 1715 jusqu'à present : ainsi que ses remarques sur les moeurs, usages, et forces des diverses nations de l'Amerique Septentrionale et de ses productions.

Title: Mémoire de Lxx Dxx officier ingénieur, contenant les evenements qui se sont passés à la Louisiane depuis 1715 jusqu'à present : ainsi que ses remarques sur les moeurs, usages, et forces des diverses nations de l'Amerique Septentrionale et de ses productions.

Journal of Dumont dit Montigny, French military officer and historian, written in France in 1747, which narrates events of his life between 1715 and 1747, including his experiences in Louisiana from 1719 to 1737.

ArchivalResource: [227] leaves, bound : ill., coat of arms, maps, plates ; 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46311120 View

Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761. Signature to a memorandum.

Title: Signature to a memorandum.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270132687 View

Dumont de Montigny. Plan du Fort des Yachoux, concession de Mgr. le Duc de Belle Isle et associez. Detruit 1729.

Title: Plan du Fort des Yachoux, concession de Mgr. le Duc de Belle Isle et associez. Detruit 1729. [1747]

Map of the region around Fort St. Peter (also known as Fort St. Pierre, St. Claude, St. Charles, and Snyder) as it appeared ca. 1722. The region formed part of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle's land concessions in provincial Louisiana, and later became part of Warren County, Mississippi, about 12 miles northeast of Vicksburg on the Yazoo River. Keyed to 20 references, including details of the fort, named land concessions, and slave quarters. The settlement was abandoned by the French following the massacre of settlers in 1729 by local Indians. From French army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoire of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737 (Ayer MS 257).

ArchivalResource: 1 ms. map : hand col. ; 217 x 312 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40429760 View

Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761. Signature to a document, 1749.

Title: Signature to a document, 1749.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270132685 View

Harcourt, Anne Pierre, Duc de, Marshal of France, 1710-1783. Autograph signature to letter : Caen, to Marshal de Bellisle, 1759 Apr. 27.

Title: Autograph signature to letter : Caen, to Marshal de Bellisle, 1759 Apr. 27.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270508693 View

Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761. Signature to a letter, 1759 July 9.

Title: Signature to a letter, 1759 July 9.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270132686 View

Normandy (France). Grand Coutoumier de Normandie.

Title: Grand Coutoumier de Normandie. [ca. 1460]

ArchivalResource: 181 leaves (1 column, 32 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 294 x 219 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270127239 View