French Emigres collection, 1793-1957.

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French Emigres collection, 1793-1957.

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Engines by the tens of thousands, men and women of the court, noblemen, army and naval officers, priests, and loyalists were among the French who fled to this country when their lives were threatened by the Revolution and Napoleon. They settled in northern and central New York, Pennsylvania as well as various other parts of the United States. Azilum was the French Refugee Colony of Pennsylvania that was planned as a refuge for Queen Marie Antoinette and Royalist fugitives from Revolutionary Paris. Azilum was deserted when Napoleon offered the emigres full amnesty in 1803. The collection contains files on French emigres to Maine, New York, the southern part of the United States (mostly North Carolina) and Pennsylvanis. Includes many clippings about book reviews, articles on Louis XIV, the Dauphin, Marie Antoinette, Joseph Bonaparte (King of Spain, brother of Napoleon) and Mardshal Peter New (soldier of the French Revolution under Napoleon Bonaparte). Also included is a booklet on the French Refugee Colony in Pennsylvania called "Azilum."

.25 linear feet.

St. Lawrence University, Owen D. Young Library

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St. Lawrence University, Owen D. Young Library

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