French Revolution pamphlets on assignats, 1789-[ca. 1797].

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French Revolution pamphlets on assignats, 1789-[ca. 1797].

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Pamphlets, some undated, concerning assignats, paper money issued by the French government during the Revolution. The pamphlets deal with the question of paper money vs. metallic money, and document the steep inflation and deepening economic crisis which attended the use of "assignats" as the national currency. Included are pamphlets arguing for and against the use of "assignats," including a debate between Nicolas Bergasse and Anne-Pierre Montesquiou-Fezensac; and discussions of how "assignats" were to be issued and of the problem of counterfeiting. Included is a 1796 pamphlet listing the value of the "assignats" each month from 1789-1794 and each day from March 1795-June 1796. Authors include, in addition to those named above, Antoine-François, marquis de Bertrand de Moleville; Etienne Clavière; William Playfair; Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu; and the president of the Imprimerie Nationale.

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Playfair, William, 1759-1823

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Epithet: of Add MS 37868 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000408.0x000166 William Playfair, publicist, political writer and inventor, was born in England and began as an appentice to Andrew Meikle of Preston Kirk, who was the inventor of the threshing machine. Playfair patented the "Eldorado" Sash and a rolling mill (Paris). Playfair travelled widely in America and Europe and was actively involved in The French ...

Montesquiou-Fezensac, Anne-Pierre, marquis de, 1739-1798

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Lecouteulx de Canteleu, Jean-Barthélemy, comte, 1746-1818

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Bergasse, Nicolas, 1750-1832

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French lawyer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to "Monsieur le Prefet," 1807 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133578 ...

Bertrand-de-Molleville, Ant.-Fr. (Antoine-François), 1744-1818

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Antoine-François Bertrand, marquis de Moleville was a nobleman and Navy Minister in the French Constitutional Cabinet. He urged Louis XVI to flee Paris and was accused of being one of the "Austrian Committee", the shadowy circle accused of anti-revolutionary plots. He immigrated to England in 1793. From the description of Translation of Moleville's plan for effecting a Counter Revolution, and taking possession of Oléron : manuscript, 1805. (Peking University Library). WorldCat reco...

Imprimerie nationale (France)

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Clavière, Étienne, 1735-1793

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French financier and politician. From the description of Letters signed : Paris, to the Minister of War, 1793 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270903826 ...