Susan Dwight Bliss autograph collection, 1481-1915.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715

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Louis, king of France, 1643-1715. From the description of [Documents and letters] 1665-1705 / Louis. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259485448 Louis XIV was king of France between 1643 and 1715. From the description of Louis XIV decree, 1665. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190570499 A lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Alexander Parsons (1878-1962) married and had at least one daughter. A bibliophile, he briefly...

Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628

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King Charles dissolved Parliament in June 1626; the Royal Court of the Star Chamber then tried and dismissed the charges against Buckingham. From the description of The humble answere and plea of George Duke of Buckingham to the declaration and impeachm[en]t made against him before ye Lords by the Commons house of parliam[en]t : manuscript, [ca. 1626] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612827090 Court favorite. From the description of Autograph letter sign...

Victoire, ...

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Mlle. de Tilly Blaru

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X, Charles

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Berthier, ...

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Scardeone, Bernardino, 1478-1574

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Elisabeth, Princess of France, 1764-1794

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French princess Elisabeth, daughter of the Dauphin Louis (d. 1765), and sister of Louis XVI, she insisted on staying at the side of her brother and Marie-Antoinette, refusing all opportunities to flee abroad, and was guillotined in 1794. In 1789 Elisabeth moved to her estate in Montreuil, taking her library with her. After her death it was confiscated and an alphabetical index of it was compiled, now at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, listing 109 works, most of them now in the Bibliothèque Nati...

Adelaide

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Paris. Commune. Conseil du temple.

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Louise de Savoie, queen regent of France.

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Cardinal Richelieu

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Comtesse d'Ossun

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Comtesse de la Motte

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La Tour

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Gaston Jean Baptiste duc d'Orléans

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France. Sovereigns, etc. 1774-1792 (Louis XVI).

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Minguet

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Comte de Broglie

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Daniel Elbridge Updike

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Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 1619-1683

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Colbert was the controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of France from 1665-1668. From the description of Memoires sur les ordonnances en général, [166-]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 71062398 Jean Baptiste Colbert served as the French minister of finance under King Louis XIV and achieved a reputation for his work of improving French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from bankruptcy. He created a favorable balance of trade and incr...

DuBarry, Jeanne Bécu, comtesse, 1743-1793

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Mme Schwarzengald

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Vicomte de Caulaincourt

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John Oxenford

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Louis XIII

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Marquis d'Arlamont

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Comtesse de Lamballe

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Terray, Joseph-Marie, 1715-1778

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French statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : La Mothe Tilly, to an unidentified correspondent in Rouen, 1770 Aug. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270571569 ...

XVIII, Louis

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M. de Vaudrières

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Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661

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Italian by birth, Cardinal Mazarin became a French citizen in Apr. 1636, served under Cardinal Richelieu and became First Minister of France upon Richelieu's death in Dec. 1642. He remained in this position until his death, serving as co-regent with Anne of Austria for Louis XIV until his majority. From the description of [Letter] 1646 oct. 21, Paris [to] Monsieur / Je. Card. Mazarini. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287166417 French cardinal and statesman. ...

Thomas, Jefferson

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The head of the family, Philip Barraud was the son of Daniel Barraud of Norfolk, Va. Born 8 October 1757. Served as a surgeon in the American Revolution. Moved to Williamsburg in 1782. Married Ann Blaws Hansford in 1783. Moved back to Norfolk in 1799 to accept position as head of Marine Hospital in Norfolk. Died 26 November 1830. From the guide to the Barraud Family Papers, 1779-1904., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Louis XI

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Noailles, Anna Elisabeth (de Brancovan) comtesse de, 1876-

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795

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Italian imposter (real name, Giuseppe Balsamo). From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : to his wife (Lorenza Feliciani), [1786?] Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132745 Epithet: Conte di British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x0003cd ...

Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519

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Fairfax, Sally Cary, 1730-1811

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Duc d'Urbin

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Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795

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La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791

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Bliss, Susan Dwight

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Duc de La Vallière

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Philarète Chasles

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Le Bret, ...

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Catinat

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DuBarry, Guillaume, comte, 1732-1811

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Maria Theresia, empress of Austria

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Anne, of France, 1601-1666

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Lamballe, Marie Thérése Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de, 1749-1792

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A member of the House of Savoy, the Princess was a confidante to the French Queen Marie Antoinette. The Princess was killed in the French reign of terror of 1792. From the description of [Letter] 1778 may 11, Paris [to] M. de Sartine / M. L. P. de Savoye. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244387219 ...

duca di Ferrara

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Marquis de Brézé

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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793

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Phelypeaux, Count de Maurepas, was a French statesman and administrator, born in 1701 to Louis XIV's Secretary of State. Phelypeaux served under both Louis XV and Louis XVI, during which time he reformed the French navy and aided in the aristocracy's obstruction of political reform. From the description of 18th century French royal commission, 1759 May 24. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122646282 ...

Alençon, René d', 1454-1492

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Sarah Cary Fairfax.

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Robert Bell

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Cagny

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Voltaire

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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...

Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642

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French bishop and cardinal, he served as the French Secretary of State, 1616-1618 and as the chief minister of France under Louis XIII, King of France, 1624-1642. From the description of [Note] 1627 may 14 / Armand Card de Richelieu. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 320955000 ...

Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793

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Marie Antoinette (b. Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, Nov. 2 1755, Vienna, Austria–d. Oct. 16, 1793, Paris, France) was the last queen of France. The daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, her parents and King Louis XV of France arranged a marrage between her and his grandson, Louis-Auguste, later Louis XVI. They were married May 16, 1770 at Versailles; Marie Antoinette became queen in 1774. Known for her oppulance and lavish spending, she was convicted of high treason during French Revo...

Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764

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Nostradamus, 1503-1566

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Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire, 1852-1931

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French army officer. From the description of Address of Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423682 French general. From the description of Transcription of a telegram to Sir Edward Grey for transmission to Field Marshal John French, 1914 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270497002 Marshal of France. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Amiens, to a fellow general, 1909 Apr. 11. (Unknown...

Wilhelmine, Margravine, consort of Friedrich, Margrave of Bayreuth, 1709-1758

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Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643

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Seventeenth century King of France. From the description of Papers, 1610. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36272547 Louis XIII, king of France, 1610-1643. From the description of [Document] 1642 déc. 20, Paris / Louis, Bouthillier. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259484806 ...

Poisson, François, seigneur de Lucq.

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Mazarin, Hortense (Mancini) de La Porte, duchesse de, 1646-1699

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