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French Revolution manuscript collection

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  • "Documents, letters, clippings, manuscripts, and bound manuscripts documenting the history and administration of the French government and the French army from 1788-1815, with a few earlier or later items ranging in date from 1668-1868. Government documents and related items include official letters of complaint written to the king by the nobles of Brittany and by the three estates in the Dauphiné province in 1788; minutes of meetings of the Assemblée Nationale Constituante from 1790-1791; two manuscript drafts of Gracchus Babeuf's Cadastre Perpetuel, dated 1789; decrees and minutes of meetings by the Convention Nationale, 1792-1795; letters from individual citizens to various government officials petitioning for restoration of positions, personal property, or pensions lost during the Revolution; passports; and letters to and from various government bodies, especially the Ministère des Finances, Ministère de la Guerre, Conseil d'Etat, Directoire Exécutif, Garde Nationale, Département de la Seine, Convention Nationale, and local surveillance committees, on financial, administrative, and political matters."

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  • "History"
  • "Military history"
  • "Letterheads"

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  • "French Revolution manuscript collection"

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