Ben Grauer collection on French political, legal, economic, and social history, 1582-1930.

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Ben Grauer collection on French political, legal, economic, and social history, 1582-1930.

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Documents, manuscripts, letters, chapbooks, engravings, photographs, drawings, offprints, and clippings providing detailed documentation of French political, legal, economic, and social history from the 16th to early 20th century, especially focussing on local government administration and civil law from ca. 1790-1810. Documents include many on the administration of the Département du Nord and the departments of the Gironde and Isère in the 1790's, including certificates of baptism and other documents on questions of residence, and documents on the identification and arrest of emigrés from France. Also included are many legal documents ranging from 1629-1810, including opinions and verdicts in civil lawsuits; documents on issues of inheritance and succession; 18th-century marriage contracts and divorce papers; deeds to houses and land titles; and powers of attorney. Other documents include a military discharge dated 1582, military service and pension records, and other documents concerning the French army from 1710-1815. ? ?

1.5 linear ft.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7906518

Cornell University Library

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The Charles Henri, comte d’Estaing Journal Militaire traces the efforts of France to engage the British military in Europe during the American Revolutionary War. After d’Estaing unsuccessfully attempted to defeat the British navy in North America between 1777 and 1780, he turned his attention to allying with Spain for the siege on Gibraltar. The Franco-Spanish forces blockaded Gibraltar from to December 1779 to February 1783, and though they succeeded in taking Minorca on February 5...

St. Hilaire, Barthelemy.

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Déroulède, Paul, 1846-1914

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French author and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Croissy-Chatou, to an unidentified recipient, 1879 Jul. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270518086 ...

Grauer, Ben

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Fluchaire, Jean Pierre.

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Haussonville, O. (Othenin), comte d', 1809-1884

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Laya, A. Augustin-Louis.

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Lecomte, Jules

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Lévy, Calmann, 1819-1891.

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Rochefort, Henri, 1831-1913

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Haussonville, comte d', 1843-1924

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Montor, Artaud de, 1772-1849.

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French archaeologist and director of the Ecole Royale des Beaux Arts in Lyon. From the description of Letters, 1817-1823. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83749893 ...

Esquiros, Adèle.

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Echeuvin, Jean Baptiste.

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Maguet, Auguste, 1813-1888.

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Voltaire, 1694-1778

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Barthou, Louis, 1862-1934

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Pérignon, Alexis-Nicolas 1785-1864

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Guinard, Auguste.

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Conti, Louis-François-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de, 1734-1814.

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Jesuits

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Le Brun de Rabot family.

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Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908

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Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874

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Ximenès, Augustin Louis, marquis de, 1726-1817.

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Jullien, Marc-Antoine, 1775-1848

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Ferry, Jules, 1832-1893

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Institut de France.

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Foa, Eugénie, d. 1853.

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Castel, René-Richard, 1758-1832.

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Institut impérial de France.

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