Maurepas collection, 1694-1749 (bulk 1740-1749).

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Maurepas collection, 1694-1749 (bulk 1740-1749).

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Manuscripts, documents, and correspondence from Maurepas's administrative files, documenting his activities as overseer of the country's maritime affairs and of the royal household. Includes letters and documents concerning the War of the Austrian Succession, France's support for the Jacobite cause of Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, in England, and other aspects of French foreign policy; the finances of the French navy; diplomatic relations and commerce with other countries such as Spain, Russia, and Portugal; shipbuilding, navigation, scientific expeditions, and taxation. Papers concerning Maurepas's management of the royal household document his patronage of the arts, including the Comédie Française and dancers of the Royal Academy. Also included are personal letters to Maurepas from his politically powerful aunt concerning life at the court of Versailles; and a report on naval affairs written by Joseph Pellerin for Voltaire, which Voltaire used later in his Précis du siècle de Louis XV. Correspondents include Maurepas; his father, Jérome Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, and grandfather, Louis de Pontchartrain, who preceded him as Secretary of the Navy; his aunt, Armande de la Porte Mazarin, marquise de Mailly-Nesle; Charles Edward, the Young Pretender; King George II of England; Louis François Armand, duc de Richelieu; Joseph Pellerin; and Voltaire.

4.8 linear ft. (694 items)

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7905534

Cornell University Library

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France. Ministère de la marine.

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Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788

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Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de, 1675-1755

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French author of memoirs. From the description of Autograph letter : Paris, to Cardinal Gualterio, 1725 Sept. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872214 ...

Maurepas, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Comte de, 1701-1781

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Pontchartrain, Louis, comte de.

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Richelieu, Louis François Armand du Plessis, duc de, 1696-1788

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France. Ministère de la maison du roi.

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Mailly-Nesle, Armande de la Porte Mazarin, marquise de.

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Pontchartrain, Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de, 1674-1747

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France. Marine

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Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri-Hector d'Estaing was born in Ravel, France, on November 24, 1729, the son of Charles-François d'Estaing, the Marquis de Salliant, and Marie-Henriette Colbert de Maulevrier. He served as a military officer during the War of Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He spent most of the latter conflict in India, where he was promoted to lieutenant general in 1762, and was governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1764-1766. D'Estaing was promoted to vice admiral i...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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Alliance (Ship : 1791-1794)

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Pellerin, Joseph.

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Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774

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Comédie Française.

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