Yale Tocqueville manuscripts ca. 1802-1840

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Yale Tocqueville manuscripts ca. 1802-1840

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.tocque

The Yale Tocqueville Manuscripts contains papers of both Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, intermixed. The papers include holograph manuscripts by Tocqueville (including the manuscript of De La Démocratie en Amérique), Beaumont, their families and associates, as well as holograph copies by contemporary and later copyists, and photo-duplicated copies of originals held elsewhere. The collection includes correspondence and documents relating to Tocqueville's and Beaumont's visit to the United States, 1831-32, and investigations of the American penitentiary system.

ca. 30 linear ft.

fre,

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349829

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beaumont, Gustave ˜deœ 1802-1866

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French political scientist and politician. Friend and colleague of Alexis de Tocqueville. From the description of L'Irlande sociale, politique et religieuse : [France], [ca. 1839]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146097 ...

Tocqueville, Alexis ˜deœ 1805-1859

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Louisville, to [Ernest de Chabrol-Chaméane], 1831 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572695 Tocqueville, political scientist, historian, and politician, who wrote Democracy in America (1835-40). From the description of Yale Tocqueville manuscripts, ca. 1802-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79763433 From the description of Yale Tocqueville manuscripts, ca. 1802-1840. (Unknown)....