Documents concerning French Illinois, and Thomas Paine and the French Revolution : manuscript, [18--]

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Documents concerning French Illinois, and Thomas Paine and the French Revolution : manuscript, [18--]

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Documents concerning the discovery of minerals and subsequent mining by the French, in and around Galena, Ill., in the mid-18th. cent. These include descriptions of expeditions in northern Ill. and along the Mississippi River. Also contains copies of documents concerning the French Revolution, including a letter written by Thomas Paine while in the Luxembourg prison, regarding Robespierre, and a letter from the National Assembly to Paine stating that they have awarded him French citizenship for his ideas on the rights of man.

1 v. (111 leaves) ; 35 cm.

fre,

eng,

Houghton Library

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