Papers of Charles Chevalier d' Eon de Beaumont. 1757-1807.

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Papers of Charles Chevalier d' Eon de Beaumont. 1757-1807.

Comprising c 3,500 pages including manuscripts. Autograph letters, official documents, engravings including a series of portraits (most from the Chevalier's own collection), printed books including a copy of Catullus printed by John Wilkes and bearing the inscription "À Mademoiselle le Chevalier D'Eon, de la part de son ancien ami et serviteur Wilkes".

c 3,500 pages including manuscripts.

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Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810.

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The Chevalier d'Eon was a French diplomat and spy, who lived first as a man and later as a woman. From the description of Additional papers, 1762-1802. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612844422 From the guide to the Additional papers, 1762-1802., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Eon de Beaumont was a French diplomat, writer, spy, and cross-dresser. From the description of Papers, 1769-1797. (Harvard University). W...