Finding Aid for the Collection of Print Material from the French Revolutionary Period, 1787-1806
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Collection of Print Material from the French Revolutionary Period
Date (inclusive): 1787-1806
Collection number: 1515
Extent:
9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Collection consists of five distinct categories of bound and unbound material related to the French Revolution. See "Series
& Subseries" for complete scope and content notes.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Processing History
Three of the five collections (2,3,& 4) contained in collection 1515 had received some form of processing prior to their processing
in 2007.
Series 2, "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale...," was item-level processed at an unspecified date. The type-writer
produced index is included as Box 4, Item 8. The items have been catalogued according to the Index. All parenthetical references
referring to quantity refer to different readings by the same deputy, they are not indications of duplicate entries.
Series 3, "Collection revolutionnaire," a loose-bound collection, had been examined before 2007. Date indicators were inserted
into each of the documents; however, the dates were noted but there was no suggestion that the collection was ever arranged
by date, nor did it appear to be the prevoius processors intent to attempt to force the documents into a chronological order.
The documents remain in the order that they were discovered, with title (and date and author when possible) provided.
Series 4, "A collection of 151 documents printed by the National Convention," was item level processed. All of the documents
contained a designator (such as 1/1, 1/2, IV/1, IV/2) but there was no notation to suggest what information the designators
were meant to convey. They may have indicated that a previous processor knew that the documents were originally part of a
collection and was ordering them based on their knowledge of that collection. During the processing that occurred in 2007,
the final arrangement is based predominately on the order in which they were found. The handful of exceptions to the prior
order were based on a sense that the documents would be better placed with other documents in the collection. For example,
all arêtés have been placed together, whereas one had previously been placed within a different group of documents.
Series 1, "La Révolution et les colonies," is a hard-bound collection that was catalogued according to volume number. As an
additional aid, specific authors, dates, and subject matter are provided when possible and/or relevant.
Series 5, a collection of journals, was catalogued according to journal title and the number of volumes contained in the collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Collection of Print Material from the French Revolutionary Period (Collection 1515). Department
of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
964455
Scope and Content
Collection consists of five distinct categories (organized into series) of bound and unbound material related to the French
Revolution. Series 1 is a collection of projects, proposals, reports, letters, and decrees. The documents were mainly printed
at the government's request. They are exclusively documents discussing eigtheenth-century French colonialism. Most of the
documents were issued either to or from the colonies. The first six volumes are arranged alphabetically by author but not
by date. Volumes 7 through 9 appear to follow no specific order, in terms of either author or date. Volume 7 is a collection
of legislative, philosophic, political, and social arguments for and against the continuation of a slave-based economy in
the colonies. Volume 8, although slavery is present, is overwhelmingly devoted to the cost of running the colonies and trade
depots, both in France and abroad. Volume 9 is a compilation of laws on nearly every imaginable aspect of colonialism. Series
2 contains 396 positions, which representatives read before the National Convention either in support of or against the execution
of Louis XVI. Series 3 is a large and varied assortment of print material dating to the French revolutionary period (side
note: it was originally bound by the Japanese book-binder Yushodo). Series 4 consists of documents that were all printed by
the National Convention. In terms of subject matter, the topics range from debates on the best manner to distribute communal
goods to the publication of provincial deputies budgets while 'en mission'. Series 5 consists of 98 individual items, processed
at the catalog level. 45 issues of "Assemblée nationale et commune de France," 19 issues of "le Journal Universel," 5 issues
of "Auditeur national," 26 issues of "Mercure de France," and 1 issue each of the following: "l'Observateur," "le Courrier
de Paris," and "le Flambeau."
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Bound 9-volume collection: "La Révolution et les colonies." (1788-1797)
- 7-volume collection: "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la suspension du pouvoir royal." (1792-1793)
- Loose-bound 6-volume collection: "Collection révolutionnaire" (1787-1806)
- Collection of 151 documents printed on behalf of the National Convention
- Collection of 98 French Revolution-era journals (1789-1803).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
France --Politics and government --Sources.
France --History --Revolution, 1789-1799 --Sources.
France --History --Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 --Sources.
France --History --Louis XVI, 1774-1793 --Sources.
Series 1.
Bound 9-Volume Collection: "La Révolution et les
colonies."
1788-1797
Scope and Content Note
A collection of projects, proposals, reports, letters, and decrees. The
documents were mainly printed at the government's request. They are exclusively
documents discussing eigtheenth-century French colonialism. Most of the
documents were issued either to or from the colonies. The first six volumes are
arranged alphabetically by author but not by date. Volumes 7 through 9 appear to
follow no specific order, in terms of either author or date. Volume 7 is a
collection of legislative, philosophic, political, and social arguments for and
against the continuation of a slave-based economy in the colonies. Volume 8,
although slavery is present, is overwhelmingly devoted to the cost of running
the colonies and trade depots, both in France and abroad. Volume 9 is a
compilation of laws on nearly every imaginable aspect of colonialism.
Box 1, Folder 1
Volume I: "La Revolution et les colonies," (Ab-Br).
1790? - 1794?
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
This volume contains fifteen seperate documents concerning either commerce,
economic growth, subsistence, the care of wounded seamen, or the extension of
rights (for or against) to free or enslaved 'noirs'. The following people
contributed to the works contained in this volume: Abeille, Barbaroux, Barere,
Boussion, and Brulley all wrote one document; Brissot wrote five of the texts,
Barnave wrote three of the texts and Begouen wrote two of the works. The
documents are mostly platforms to address the above topics as they pertain
specifically to St. Domingue, the United States, Martinique, and the Indies. One
of the longer documents is a 104-paged letter, written in November 1790 and
addressed from Brissot to Barnave, arguing for the application of the
constitution to all people living in the colonies.
Box 1, Folder 2
Volume II: "La Revolution et les colonies," (Ca-Cu).
1789 - 1797
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
There are a total of twenty documents in this volume. Works by the following
people are contained: Casaux, Claviere, Corbun, and the Comte de Custine all
penned one document. Two documents, by the following, are included: Camus,
Chaumette, Chilleau, and Clausson. Additionally, Cocherel (Deputy of St.
Domingue) and M. de Curt (Deputy of Guadeloupe) are both responsible for four
works. The tracts mostly revolve around the economy and administration of St.
Domingue, the Americas, Guadeloupe, the Indies, and the Antilles. Within that
framework, the authors discuss slavery (for and against), the pros and cons of
trading with the independent states in the Americas, the establishment of
representative assemblies in the colonies, and the possibility of instituting
free-trade between the colonies. Two noteworthy pieces include a summary of the
liquidation of La Compagnie des Indes and an assessment of the decline in the
amount of flour imported in St. Domingue. Also, Claviere wrote one of the longer
tracts; it is a 71-paged treatise on the French-US tobacco trade.
Box 1, Folder 3
Volume III: "La Revolution et les colonies," (De-Go).
1788? - 1794
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
There are twenty-one documents contained in this volume. The following people
authored one document: Defermon, Delacroix, Dillon, Du Faure, Dufay,
Dupré, Estaing, Fauchet, Fontenay, Gallissonniere, and Gillet. Delattre
and Goudard are both responsible for three of the pieces; Dupush and Gouly each
wrote two of the texts. The topics addressed in the documents vary considerably;
amonst others, the authors address the subjects of slavery, naval organization,
how to improve agricultural productivity in the colonies, the benefits of the
Swiss preferential trade, tax-system, the taxation of alcohol in the colonies,
and the allocation and distribution of emergency relief funds to be sent to the
fire devastated colony at Saint Domingue. In terms of geographical focus, the
authors of the documents discuss St. Domingue, Guadeloupe, Martinique, the Cape
of Good Hope, the United States, and Holland. Three articles appear to be of
particular interest: First, Delattre supplies several charts to demonstrate
tonnage shipped and received in the U.S., between October 1789 and September
1790. Also included in his lengthy report is the tonnage shipped to and from
various international ports as well as all of the French ports; his report is
in-depth enough to reveal the number of ships at the ports (permanently or
temporarily) and a breakdown of each cargo's country of origination. The figures
for international trade are based on data collected in January 1791. Fauchet's
"Eloge civique de Benjamin Franklin, July 1790" is included in this volume.
Lastly, several Goudard reports discuss the effects of the Revolution on trade;
included is a chart comparing the total amount of exports and imports (organized
according to the class of the cargo) for the years 1788 and 1789.
Box 1, Folder 4
Volume IV: "La Revolution et les colonies," (Go-La F).
1789 - 1795
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
There are eleven documents in Volume IV. Gouly, Hernoux, Herwyn, Jeudy,
Laborie, un Americain, Lacour, and La Forest are each represented with one text;
de Gouy is credited with three of the documents. Focusing on St. Domingue, the
Indies, and slavery, this small number of proposals and tracts refer to flour
shortages, la Compagnie des Indes, the medical threat of eating bad bread, the
manner in which Africans 'naturally' adapt to slavery, and commercial
competition between France and England.
Box 1, Folder 5
Volume V: "La Revolution et les colonies," (La V-Mil).
1790 - 1797/1798?
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
There are fourteen documents in this volume. La Vaux, Le Grand, Le Vavasseur,
Louchat, Lezay, Marec, Martel, Merlet, Meynier, Mignard, and Milly all authored
one of the texts; Malouet is responsible for three of the pieces. Malouet (a
member of the committees "des finances" and "de la Marine" is credited with
several reports and proposals for the reorganization and financing of the navy.
The one American author, Milly, provides an argument for the suppression of the
Slave-Trade; in his tract, he provides the estimated total of the number of
inhabitants (broken down according to 'noirs' and 'blanc') in all of the French
colonies. Specific geographic subjects include: St. Domingue, the Antilles,
Tabago, Guadeloupe, Marseille (droits de douane), Cayenne, and the American
colonies. Subject matter in relation to these colonies, cities, and nations
include the problem of imprisonment without just cause, the functioning of
colonial assemblies, the American constitutions, the effects of the Revolution
on the American colonies, and the deportation (names of deportees are published)
of people from the colonies.
Box 1, Folder 6
Volume VI: "La Revolution et les colonies," (Mir-Vill).
1789 - 1797
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
There are thiry-six texts in this volume. Monneron, Moustier, Nairac,
Pastoret, Perrée, Pomme, Queslin, Raimond, Reynaud, Roederer, Scellier,
Sonthonax, Therou, De Tracy, Verneuil, Vernon (William Henry), Vienot-Vaublanc,
and Villaret-Joyeuse are all credited with authoring one document; two pieces
are attributed to both Moreau and Mosneron. Mirabeau authored three of the
texts, Roussillou penned two texts, and Page (Commissaire de St. Domingue) is
responsible for six of the texts. Pomme (l'Americain), concerned with the
deportation of refractory priests to Guyanne, provides an analysis of the annual
costs of running the establishment, provisioning the deportees, and the building
of cells. Other topics addressed are tobacco revenue, Indian imports, the pros
and cons of combining the Ministries of 'la Marine' and 'des Colonies', the
regulation of the import and export of goods, the pros and cons of
representative colonial assemblies, the state of political and commercial
relations between France and the United States, and the ongoing unrest in
Guadeloupe.
Box 2, Folder 1
Volume VII: "La Révolution et les colonies,"
(Miscellaneous).
1789 - 1795
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
Authors of the thirty-six documents in this volume include Brissot, Le Grand,
Verneuil, and many others writing anonymously or on behalf of committees or
assemblies. The documents include letters, decrees, opinions, proposals, and
projects addressing issues arising from the slave-based economy of the colonies.
Subjects include what rights, if any, should be given to 'les noirs' and
abolitionism (including demands for the punishment of abolitionists). Noteworthy
in the collection are the pieces titled: "Le Danger de la liberté des
nègres" and "Découverte d'une conspiration contre les interest de
la France," which includes the names and associates of 99 French men and women
belonging to "la Societé des amis des noirs." Among the few texts that do
not address slavery, topics include flour exportation, trade and tariff
regulations, and commerce in more general terms.
Box 2, Folder 2
Volume VIII: "La Revolution et les colonies,"
(Miscellaneous).
1788 - 1797
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
The thirty-two documents bound in this volume discuss several subjects.
Foremost among the topics are the insurrections at St. Domingue and Martinique.
La Compagnie de Sénégal receives some attention. Other issues
addressed are tarrifs, justifications for the continuation of a slave-based
economy, and the expenses of colonial administration (including a cost sheet for
the expenses of all French colonial possessions). One of the longer pieces, a
72-paged treatise written in 1797, argues the positive benefits of introducing
slavery into France.
Box 2, Folder 3
Volume IX: "La Revolution et les colonies,"
(Miscellaneous).
1790 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 book; 26x20
Scope and Content Note
Volume 9 of the series contains 49 documents (all but four are royal decrees
or laws). As the vast majority of the pieces were issued from the executive, the
primary authors of the texts are Louis XVI, the National Assembly, and the
National Convention. Topics demanding legislative acts include commerce in
India, Reunion, St. Domingue, and Senegal; unrest in Cayenne; the need to
provide aid for Acadians and Canadians; using foreign salt to dry fish caught
off the coast of the colonies; the administering of colonial justice; colonial
representation in the National Convention; the legal suppression of slavery in
the colonies; pensions for wounded colonial soldiers. One of the longer
documents is a 42-paged law, signed by Louis XVI in 1791, that provides a finely
detailed list of all items imported into France and the tariff that will be
assigned to them.
Series 2.
7-Volume Collection: "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale
sur la suspension du pouvoir royal."
1792-1793
Scope and Content Note
The series contains 396 positions, which representatives read before the
National Convention either in support of or against the execution of Louis
XVI.
Box 3, Folder 1
Volume I, "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la
suspension du pouvoir royal," [Opinions 1-48].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
The opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear, are :
Introduction (Exposition), Azema, Albouys (x2), Anthoine, Asselin (x3), Audouin,
Aubry, Balla, Barrot, Besson, Billaud-Varenne, Boucher de Saint, Briez,
Cazeneuve (Casenave), Chales, Chazal, Delbrel, Delecloy, Desmoulins, Fauchet,
Garnier, Vadier, Rabaut, Savary, Roux, Robert, Rivaud (Du Vignaud), Perard,
Mont-Gilbert, Mercier, Lindet, (Garran de) Coulon, La Haye, Gelin, Bailly,
Balland (x2), Baille, Bayle (x2), Bancal, Barbaroux, Barailon (x3).
Box 3, Folder 2
Volume II, "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la
suspension du pouvoir royal," [Opinions 49-93].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
The opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear, are :
Baudin, Barailon, Bodin, Baudin, Barere, Baudot, Beauvais (x2), Becker, Beffroy,
Bergoeing, Bellegarde, Bernard, Berlier, Bertrand, Besson, Bertucat, Bezard
(x3), Brival, Birotteau, Brissot, Bo, Bodin, Boilleau, Boissy, Boisset, Bordas,
Bourbotte, Bouchereau, Bourgeois, Bouquier, Boussion,
Bonnesoeur-Bourginière, Bourdon (x2), Blutel (x2), Brunel, Buzot,
Bonnesoeur-Bourginière
Box 3, Folder 3
Volume III, "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la
suspension du pouvoir royal," [Opinions 94-134bis].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
The opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear, are:
Cadroy, Camus, Cambceres, Cales, Desmoulins, Cappin, Carra (x2), Chaillon,
Cassanyes, Cavaignac, Chasset, Chenier, Chevalier, Chaillon, Cledel,
Coren-Fustier, Creuze LaTouche, Camus, Corbel, Carra, Cloots,
Colaud-la-Salcette, Condorcet (x2), Conte (x2), Couhey, Couthon, le Carpentier,
DeVerité, Dandenac le Jeune, Dartigoyte (x3), Daunou (x3), de Bry,
DeBourges, Dechézeaux.
Box 3, Folder 4
Volume IV, "Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la
suspension du pouvoir royal," [Opinions 135-188].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
La Tour, Delcher, Delbrel, Delemarre, de la Planche, Delecloy, Deleyre (x2),
Desacy, Descamps, Duboe, Dubois de Crance, Dubignon (x2), Ducos (x3), Duchastel
(x2), Dufriche Valaze (x2), Dugue-d'Asse (x2), Dulaure, (Louis-Philippe) Dumont,
(Andre) Dumont, Dupont, Durand-Maillane, Dusaulx, Durand-Maillane, Drouet,
Duval, Dubois, Engerrand, Enlart, (PH.-Fr.)Fabre-Eglantine, (Claude) Fabre,
Faure (x3), Fayan, Feraud, Ferroux, Fockedey, Fouche, Fourmy, Francois, Gamon
(x2), Finot, Gaudin, Gaston, Garilhe.
Box 3, Folder 5a-b
"Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la suspension du
pouvoir royal," [Opinions (a)189-209; (b)210-251].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
5a; The opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear,
are: Gleizal, Gensonne, Gertoux, Gregoire, Girard (x2), Girault, Girot, Guadet,
Guiot, Kersaint (x2), Guiter (x2), Guyton Morveau, Guyomar, Guffroy (x3),
Guillermin, Harmand. 5b; The opinions of the following deputies, in the order
that they appear, are: Hentz (x2), Jary, Ichon, Jouenne-Longchamp, Jourdan,
Jullien (x2), Izoard, LaBoissière (x2), Lacombe-Saint Michel, LaCoste,
Lafon, Lakanal, Lambert (x3), LaVicomterie de Saint Sanson (x2), LeCarpentier,
LeBreton, LeClerc (x2), LeJeune, LeMarechal, LeQuinio de Kerblay(x2), LeCointre,
LeCointe-Puyraveau (x2), LePeletier de Saint Fargeau, LeSterpt-Beauvais,
Loiseau, Louchet (x2), Lozeau, (Jean-Baptiste) Louvet, (Pierre-Florent) Louvet
(x2), Lanjuinais, Lindet.
Box 4, Folder 1a-b
"Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la suspension du
pouvoir royal," [Opinions (a)252-280; (b)281-318].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
1a; The opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear,
are: Manuel, Mailhe, Marat (x2), Marec (x2), Marey, Massieu, Masuyer, Maure,
Mazade (x2), Meaulle (x2), Mellinet, Mennesson (x2), Merlin, Meynard (x2),
Michet, Milhaud, Mollevaut, Monmayou, Moreau, Morisson (x3), Merlin. 1b; The
opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear, are: Neveu,
Nioche, Oudot, Nioche (x2), Osselin (x2), Oudot, Paganel, Pemartin, Paganel,
Pillissier, Pemartin, Peniers, Pemartin, Pepin, Personne, Petit-Jean, Petit
(x2), Petion (de Villeneuve), Petion, Philippeaux, Pinet, Ressavin, Pointe (x2),
Pons, Quinette, Poullain-Grandprey (x2), Poultier (x2), Prieur, Prost (x2),
Portiez, Pottier.
Box 4, Folder 2a-b
"Opinions des membres de la Convention nationale sur la suspension du
pouvoir royal," [Opinions (a)319-350; (b)351-381].
1792 - 1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 20.5x13
Scope and Content Note
2a; The opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear,
are: Prunelle (x2), Porcher-Lissaunay, Quinette (x3), Rabaut, Raffron, Ramel
Nogaret, Rameau, la Reveillère-LePaux (x2), Reynaud, Ribet, Ricord (x2),
Riffard St. Martin, (Maximilien) Robespierre (x2), (A.B.J.) Robespierre, Robert
(x3), Roussel, Rouzet (x3), Roy, Rudel, Saint-Andre (x2), Saint-Just. 2b; The
opinions of the following deputies, in the order that they appear, are:
Saint-Just, Salle (x2), Salmon, St. Martin, Saurine, Savary, Seguin,
Sergent-Marceau (x2), Serre, Soulignac, Tallien, Seconds, Sevestre, Thibault,
Thibaudeau (x2), Thirion, Thomas (x2), Tocquot, Thuriot, Turreau (x2), Vadier,
Vergniaud, Guillermin, Vermon, Viennet, Viquy, Wandelaincourt, ?, Vernier.
Box 4, Folder 3
Detailed and annotated index for "Opinions des membres de la
Convention nationale sur la suspension du pouvoir royal."
20th century
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 1 un-bound book; 24x15
Scope and Content Note
The index appears to be the work of multiple individuals, who previously
attempted to process this collection. It was clearly begun by a single
individual but was then later completed and annotated by several other
archivists.
Series 3.
Loose-Bound 6-Volume Collection: "Collection
révolutionnaire".
1787-1806
Scope and Content Note
This collection, originally bound by the Japanese book-binder Yushodo, is a
large and varied assortment of print material dating to the French revolutionary
period.
Box 5, Folder 1
"Collection révolutionnaire."
1787-1793
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 22.5x14
Scope and Content Note
1. Societe populaire de Besancon, petition to build an horlogerie. 2. Reponse
du roi, a la Deputation du Parlement de Paris, le 26 Sept. 3. C. L. Masuyer,
"Discours" on the condition of French citizens (11 June, 1793). 4. "Memoire des
princes, presente au Roi" (1789). 5. "Instruction sur les moyens de conserver
les moissons dans les annees pluvieuses." 6. Target, "Levee des scellés."
7. Mirabeau, "Les quatres repos." 8. "La Moutarde apres-diner." 9. "La tasse du
cafe sans sucre." 10. "Instruction de l'agent national de la
comptabilité, aux Procureurs-syndics." 11. Robespierre, "Discours" (7
Prairéal, An II). 12. Louis-Emmanuel, "Voyage aux Etats-generaux." 13.
"Les pourquoi du Peuple a ses Representans, a leur retour de l'assemblee
Nationale." 14. "Opinion de M. Kornmann." 15. "Il est tems ou Parallele des
operations des anciens ministres." 16. Bailleul, response to Briot. 17. Vicar
Tolin, "Grande reforme a faire dans le clerge constitutionnel." 18.
"Supplications du Parlement au Roi, au sujet de l'exil de M. le Duc d'Orleans."
19. A collection of 10 Discourses from 1788.
Box 5, Folder 2
"Collection révolutionnaire."
1789-1803?
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 22.5x14
Scope and Content Note
1. "Reflexions sur ce qui a ete fait et sur ce qui reste a faire," (1789). 2.
"Tableau des Eveques constitutionnels de France," (1791-1801). 3. C. J. B.
Lomont "A ses collegues)." 4. "Lettres de la Comtesse de*** au Chevalier de***."
5. Mirabeau, "Plan de Division du Royaume et Reglement pour son organisation."
6. Lettre de M. de Mirabeau l'Ainé. 7. "Le Dernier cri du monstre, conte
indien." 8. Santerre, "Rapport relativement a l'affaire de Vincennes." 9.
Servan, "Adresse aux amis de la paix." 10. Baralere, "Rappellez vos collegues."
11. "Lettre de*** a un de ses amis," (1803). 12. "Piece trouvee a Venise, dans
le porte-feuille de D'Antraigues, et ecrite entierement de sa main."
"Declarations de Dunant." "Deuxieme declaration de Dunant." 13. "Le Reveil." 14.
M. du Tour "Fin tragique de Louis XVI, poeme en trois chants."
Box 5, Folder 3
"Collection révolutionnaire."
1789-1806?
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 22.5x14
Scope and Content Note
1. "Lettre de M.*** a M. L'Abbe***." 2. Nadrelaxe, "Sommes-nous libre..." 3.
"Instruction sur les nouvelles mesures," (1805). 4. "Examen des difficultes
qu'on oppose a la promesse de fidelité a la constitution," (1800). 5.
"Compte rendu a l'Assemblee national (April, 1792)." 6. "Avis aux Citoyens
francois," (1790). 7. Linguet, "Seroit-il trop tard? Aux trois ordres," (1789).
8. Choudieu, "Au Peuple souverain." 9. Bonaparte, Maret, & Portalis,
"Convention entre le gouvernement francais et le Pape Pie VII." 10. "Discours
funebre a la memoire de Michel LePelletier." 11. "Le Deo Gratias." 12.
"Correspondance de M. C*** et M. le Comte de Mirabeau." 13. "Reponse a la
Correspondance de M. C*** et le Comte de Mirabeau," (1789).
Box 6, Folder 1
"Collection révolutionnaire."
1788-1806
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 22.5x14
Scope and Content Note
1. "Les forfaits ou la chute des factieux," (1791). 2. Barentin, "Memoire
pour M. Barentin." 3. "La journée des dupes, piece
tragi-politi-comique..." 4. "A tous les Energumènes du Diocèse de
Paris." 5. Gregoire, "Rapport sur la necessité & les moyens
d'aneantir le patois." 6. Gregoire, "Rapport sur le vandalisme." 7. Gregoire,
"Second Rapport sur le vandalisme." 8. Gregoire, "Troisieme rapport sur le
vandalisme." 9. LaRouchefoucault, "Aux directoires de departemens, sur le mode
d'evaluation des droits casuels." 10. "Reponse de M. Montesquiou a M. Mirabeau
l'Ainé sur la fabrication des Assignats." 11. Delacroix, "Traite de paix
conclue entre la Republique francaise et le Roi de Sardaigne." 12. "Intrigues
des satellites du gouvernement autrichien, pour se saisir de la personne de M.
Henri Van Der Noot." 13. "Sur les prevenus d'emigration, ou instruction pour
leur defense." 14. LaSalle, "Sur l'arrêté des consuls du 24
Thermidor, Relatif aux Bois des prevenus d'emigration." 15. P.F.L., "Examen
politique sur les emigres..." 16. Louis XVI, "Note envoyée par le Roi a
MM. les Notables."
Box 6, Folder 2
"Collection révolutionnaire."
1789-1806
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 22.5x14
Scope and Content Note
1. "Deliberation des citoyens de la ville de Grenoble," (July 1789). 2.
"Recit de ce qui s'est passé a l'assemblee tenue a Chalon-sur-Saone,"
(May 1789) 3. "Constitution de la Republique francaise, proposee au peuple
francais par la Convention nationale." 4. Freteau, "Rapport sur la situation du
Royaume," (June 1791). 5. Dauphiné, "Entendons-nous ou Avis au Tiers
Etat." 6. Necker, "Memoire du Premier Ministre des Finances, 6 Mars 1790." 7.
"Instruction d'un curé du Diocese d'Autun, a ses paroissiens a l'occasion
du serment civique," (January 1791). 8. Breard, "Opinion... sur la situation
actuelle des armees de la Republique..." 9. DuJardin, "Eloge funebre de
Mirabeau," (April 1791). 10. "Lettre de M. Guillaume Thomas Raynal a S.M. Louis
XVI." 11. "Tres-humbles et tres-respecteuses remontrances qu'adressent au
roi..., les gens tenant sa cour de Parlement a Dijon," (1789). 12. De Delley
d'Agier, "Rapport fait pour l'alienation des biens domaniaux et ecclesiastiques,
sur les ventes de ces biens." 13. "Extrait du rapport sur la convocation de la
premiere legislature," (1791). 14. "Adresse des citoyens de la commune de Macon
a la Convention nationale." 15. Discours prononce par le Prefet du departement
de Saone et Loire," (1806). 16. "Les douze representans du Peuple, detenus a
Port-Libre, a leurs collegues siégeans a la Convention nationale, et a
tous les Citoyens francais." 17. Michel-Edme Petit, "Le Proces des 31 mai, 1er
et 2 juin, ou La Defense des 71 representans du Peuple." 18. "Reflexions sur les
Inconvenients de la nouvelle Ordonnance concernant l'Administration de la
justice." 19. "Proces-Verbaux des signes caracteristiques auxquels on peut
reconnaitre la falsification d'Assignats de 300 et de 200 livres, de la Creation
des 19 juin et 12 septembre 1791."
Box 6, Folder 3
"Collection révolutionnaire."
1787-1816
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 22.5x14
Scope and Content Note
1. Pasteur, "Robespierre aux freres et amis et Camille-Jordan aux fils
legitimes de la Monarchie et de l'Eglise." 2. Duplicate of the above. 3. Abbe
LaMourette, "Dialogue sur les affaires du temps, entre Ariste, Cleante, et
Eugene. OU, Histoire des variations." 4. "Fevrier 1787, Aux Chambres
Assemblees." 5. "Denonciation... des crimes commis par les representans du
peuple Leonard Bourdon et Pioche-Fer Bernard, pendant leur mission dans le
departement de la Cote-d'Or," (1795). 6. "Le Purgatoire aneanti, ou dernier
courrier du petit enfer politique." 7. "Notice sur la conspiration de l'an V."
8. "Avis au public," (An 7). 9. "Les trois rois ou le Partage du gateau,"
(1790). 10. "Reponse de Fauche-Borel a M. Riffé." 11. "De la Forme de
deliberer, discours celebre de Charlemagne," (1789). 12. "Le d'Emission du
Bourreau de Paris." 13. M. L...C...D...S...S..., "Tu l'as voulu, George-Dandin,
ou Apostrophe aux trois Classes ennemies de l'Etat: avec un avis au peuple,"
(1790). 14. "Affaire de M. Le Chevalier de Laizer." 15. "Lettre du Roi a
l'Assemblee nationale constituante." 16. "Proces-verbaux de l'Assemblee
nationale, contenant les articles qu'elle a adoptes de la declaration des Droits
de l'Homme & du Citoyen, & ceux pour la Constitution &
l'Organisation du Pouvoir Legislatif." 17. "Louis XIV a Saint-Cloud, au Chevet
de Louis XVI, Dialogue." 18. "Louis XIV trouvant Louis XVI dans son cabinet, un
verre de barbade a la main, second dialogue." 19. "Lettre d'un citoyen a M. le
Comte de ***, sur la conduite du Ministre principal, sur l'Arret du Consel du 5
juillet 1788, & sur l'autorite des Etats Generaux." 20. Baralere, "Apotheose
des Jacobins, suite de la Fete du 2 pluviose." 21. "Tres-humbles et
Tres-respecteuse Remontrances de l'ombre de Montesquieu au Roi," (1788). 22.
Guibert?, "Projet de discours d'un citoyen, aux trois ordres de l'Assemblee de
Berry," (1789). 23. "Suite de l'avis des bons normands, dediee aux assemblies
des bailliages, sur la redaction du Cahier des Pouvoirs & Instructions,"
(Feb. 1789) 24. "Seance royale du mardi 23 juin 1789. Discours, declaration
& intentions du Roi, Arrêtés & Protestations de
l'Assemblee nationale." 25. "Second Arrêté du Parlement, du treize
juillet 1787."
Series 4.
A Collection of 151 Documents Printed on Behalf of the National
Convention.
Scope and Content Note
The documents contained in this series were all printed by the National
Convention. In terms of subject matter, the topics discussed range from debates
on the best manner to distribute communal goods to the publication of provincial
deputies budgets while 'en mission'.
Box 7, Folder 1
Bulletins des lois.
August 1793-October 1795
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 7 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
7 "Bulletin des lois," issued by the National Convention. Edition numbers
are:60,85,96,103,141,154,198.
Box 7, Folder 2
Bulletins and Supplements aux Bulletins de la Convention
nationale.
March-June 1795
Physical Description: 8 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
4 "Bulletin de la Convention national" and 4 "Supplement au Bulletin de la
Convention nationale." Bulletin edition numbers are: 3,4,13,15; the date span is
March-June, 1795. Supplement edition numbers are: 3bis,8bis,26bis,29bis; the
date span is March-June, 1795..
Box 7, Folder 3
Convention nationale. DECRETS.
May 1793 - October 1795.
Physical Description: 21 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
A collection of 20 décrets that the Convention nationale published
between May 1793 and 25/26 October 1795. Also included is a "Table Chronologique
des declarations et decrets pendant le mois Ventose, an III," bringing the total
number of documents in this folder to 20. The numbered editions of the decree
pamphlets are: 214,
372,715,739,749,767,773,780,882,919,985,986,990,1035,1045,1053,1054,1068,1076,
and 1115 bis.
Box 7, Folder 4
Arretes des comités de La Convention nationale.
September 1794 - May 1795
Physical Description: 4 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
A collection of 4 pamphlets of Arrêtés that the Convention
nationale published between September 1794 and May 1795. The edition numbers of
3 Arrêtés that the Comité de Salut public issued are: 4,29,
and 82. The pamphlet of Arrêtés that the Comité de
Législation formulated is edition number 60. 60
Box 7, Folder 5
Collection of 'Comte Rendu' from representatives 'en mission' to the
National Convention.
February 1794 - October/November 1795
Physical Description: 7 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
A collection of 7 'comtes rendus' concerning expenditures from deputies Noel
Pointe-d'Armeville, Alexandre Ysabeau et Etienne Neveu, Ch. Delacroix, Francois
(de la Sarthe), Hyacinthe Richaud, Blaux, and l'Official.
Box 7, Folder 6
Collection of 'Rapports' from committees established during the
Revolution to the National Convention.
1793-1795
Physical Description: 16 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
This folder includes 6 reports presented by the Comité de Salut
public, 1 report, 1 decree, and 1 project from the Comité de la Guerre,
and 1 report from each of the following committees: Défense
générale, Militaire, and Remontes. Four large pamphlets were
co-penned by two or more of the above-mentioned committees. Most of the reports
concern equipping, paying, nourishing, and hospitalizing soldiers.
Box 7, Folder 7
A variety of texts addressing the assassination of deputies and the
probability of a conspiratorial faction in the National Convention.
1794-1795
Physical Description: 15 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The subject matter of the 15 pamphlets contained in this folder include
accusations and defensive statements regarding the conspiracy "dans le sein de
la Convention.'
Box 8, Folder 1
A variety of war-related texts written to the National
Convention.
1793-1794
Physical Description: 14 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The 14 pamphlets contained in this folder include Reports, Opinions, Letters,
Addresses, and Responses on all matters warfare.
Box 8, Folder 2
A variety of texts written about France's economic
situtation.
1790-1795
Physical Description: 19 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The 19 pamphlets contained in this folder include Reports, Opinions, Letters,
Addresses, and Responses on all matters pertaining to France's finances.
Box 8, Folder 3
A variety of texts written about France's Constitution de l'an
III.
1790-1795
Physical Description: 18 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The 18 pamphlets contained in this folder include Reports, Opinions, Letters,
Addresses, and Responses on all matters pertaining to France's Constitution de
l'an III.
Box 8, Folder 4
A variety of texts written about the Convention's 'loi du 17 nivose,
an II,' regarding inheritance.
1793-1794
Physical Description: 6 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The 6 pamphlets contained in this folder include Reports, Opinions, Letters,
Addresses, and Responses to the Convention's 'loi du 17 nivose, an II.'
Box 8, Folder 5
Four texts addressing various questions and concerns about the
clergy
?1795/96
Physical Description: 4 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The 6 pamphlets contained in this folder include a Report, an Opinion, an
Address, and a Motion regarding the clergy.
Box 8, Folder 6
Two texts presenting proposals for national education.
unknown
Physical Description: 2 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
One of the pamphlets is a demonstration that the method used in the teaching
of poetry is applicable to any discipline. The other document is a thorough plan
to overhaul the education of France's youths.
Box 8, Folder 7
Tracts on diverse aspects of productivity, from increasing
agricultural yield to caring for blinded workers.
Physical Description: 4 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
Four pamphlets addressing various methods to improve the quantity of produced
goods and the quality of producers lives as well as how to legislate the
distribution of goods produced on communal property.
Box 8, Folder 8
Miscellaneous documents published on behalf of the National
Convention.
?1793-1794
Physical Description: 7 pamphlets; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
The seven pamphlets contained in this folder are: a "Rapport et Projet de
Décret," a "Projet de Décret présenté su nom du
Comité diplomatique," a "Pétition des habitans de Gand a la
Convention nationale," an "Extrait du Procés-verbal tenu par les
Représentans du peuple Francais dans le département de l'Aveyon,
Relatif a Charrier, chef des rebelles du département de la
Lozère," a "Procés-verbal de la Convention nationale, Seance du
Septidi 17 Brumaire, & etrait de celui de la Seance du 20 du même
moi, l'an deuxieme de la Republique Francaise une & indivisible," a
"Procés sans exemple," and an "Adresse de la Section de
l'Homme-Armé a la Convention nationale."
Series 5.
Collection of 98 French Revolution-era Journals
1789-1803
Scope and Content Note
98 individual items, processed at the catalog level. 45 issues of "Assemblee
nationale et commune de France," 19 issues of "le Journal Universel," 5 issues
of Auditeur national," 26 issues of "Mercure de France," and 1 issue each of the
following: "l'Observateur," "le Courrier de Paris," and "le Flambeau."
Box 9, Folder 1
"Assemblée nationale et commune de France"
10 Sept. 1789 - 9 Aug. 1790
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 45 journal issues; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
45 issues of the aforementioned journal.
Box 9, Folder 2
Miscellaneous journal titles.
Oct. 1789 - 20 Feb. 1793?
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 3 journal issues; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
1 issue each of: l'Observateur (24 Oct. 1789); Le Courrier de Paris (7 March,
1790); Le Flambeau (20 Feb, 1793?)
Box 9, Folder 3
"Journal Universel"
11 Jan. 1790 - 25 June 1792
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 19 journal issues; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
19 issues of the aforementioned journal.
Box 9, Folder 4
"Auditeur national"
Feb.- April, 1794
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 5 journal issues; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
5 issues of the aforementioned journal.
Box 9, Folder 5
"Mercure de France"
Feb. - July, 1803
Language of Material: French
Physical Description: 26 journal issues; 21.5x13.5
Scope and Content Note
26 issues of the aforementioned journal.