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French Revolution Era Documents from the Seaver Collection 1790-1800 .25 linear ft. (1 box)

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Melvin Carlson, Jr.

Northampton, Massachusetts

2010-2012

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French Revolution Era Documents from the Seaver Collection 1790-1800

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Copyright and Access 3

Provenance 4

Scope and Content 5-10

Subject Headings and Added Entries 11

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COPYRIGHT & ACCESS

Copyright © Smith College Libraries

The French Revolution Era Documents from the Seaver Collection are the physical property of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors of the works or their legal representatives.

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PROVENANCE

The French Revolution Era Documents from the Seaver Collection were a gift from the Estate of Henry L. Seaver, 1976.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The French Revolution Era Documents from the Seaver Collection 1790-1800 are miscellaneous documents collected by Henry A. Seaver. They include public documents signed by the major actors in this tumultuous era of French history, as well as a few letters by participants during this decade. Seaver collected the various documents to secure the autographs of the prominent individuals of the era.

The documents are listed in chronological order. The descriptions provided an indication of the nature of the document, its origin and the individuals involved with the document, usually acting as an official of the French government of the time. In some documents the signature of an official signing the document is not legible. In other cases it was not feasible to establish the full name of an official and provide his dates. Where the full name of the officials and his dates could be established, they are provided with each entry for the particular document. If a scholar can provide new information on a particular name (or a correction if there are errors), please provide the librarian in charge of the Mortimer Rare Book Room with the information.

Many of the documents use the French Republican Calendar, a calendar that was utilized between 1793 and 1805. These dates are given along with the conventional Gregorian calendar dates.

All of the documents are in the French language.

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Box Folder No. No.

1 1 Letter, 1790 xbre [i.e. déc.] 13 / Pétion. 1 leaf Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756-1794), as President of the National Assembly from Dec. 4-19, 1790, informs a petitioner of the correct procedure for presenting a petition to the National Assembly.

2 Letter, 1792 8me [i.e. août] 31 / Roland. 1 leaf This letter to the Minister of War concerns the arrest of Citizens Camare and Dupin, whom Roland [as Minister of the Interior] had set free. Jean Marie Roland de La Platière (1734-1793) was the Minister of the Interior, March-June 1792 and August 1792-January 1830.

3 Document, 1792 9bre [i.e. sept.] 9. Municipalté de Paris. Extrait de Registre des deliberations de Conseil-général des Commissaires de quarante-huit Sections. Signed by: Tallien and Coulombeau, as secretaries of the Commune. 1 leaf The document appoints Citoyen Boula as President for two weeks by the General Council of the Commune of Paris. Jean Lambert Tallien (1767-1820)

4 Document, 1792 sept. 19. Garde nationale parisieene. État-major-général. Signed by: Santerre. 1 leaf Addressed to the Presidents and Commissaries of the Luxembourg Section of Paris, Antoine Joseph Santeree (1752-1809) orders a census of all wagons and carts and who owns them. On preprinted forum with the seal of the Commune de Paris.

5 Document, 1793 mai 2. Signed by: Pache, Mayor of Paris. 1 leaf Addressed to Citoyens, the letter concerns the confusing application of laws against the émigrés living in Paris and the obtaining of the Certificates of Residence. Jean-Nicholas Pache (1746-1823) was mayor of Paris, Feb. 14, 1793-May 10, 1794.

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6 Letter, 1793 juin 8. Représentaut du peuple compasous de Comité de salut public [to] Ministre de la guerre. Signed by representatives for the Comité de salut public: Cambon fils aine, L. M. Guyton, G. Danton. 1 leaf The letter from the Comité de salut public to the Minister of War questions the appointment of Citoyen Burgairolles and prefers that Citoyen Joseph Westermann be appointed. Francois Joseph Westermann (1751?-1794) served in the Army of the North and was guillotined together with Georges Danton (1759-1794), his sponsor on the Comiţ é. Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816) and Pierre-Joseph Cambon (1756-1820).

7 Letter, 1793 juil.9. Representaut de people members du Comité de salut public [to] Ministre dela marine. Signed by members of the Comité de salut public: B. Barere, T, Berlier, Gasparin. 1 leaf The letter concerns the development of incendiary missiles. Bertrand Barère (1755-1841), Théophile Berlier (1761-1844) and Thomas- Augustin de Gasparin (1754-1793).

8 Letter, 1793 août 16 [to] Citoyens députés [from] Concitoyenne Ste. Marie. 3 p. The letter informs the Comité de salut public of “incendiary proposals” made by soldiers of the Army of Mayence while passing through Troyes.

9 Letter, 1793 août 26 [to] Ministre dela guerre [from] the Comité de salut public and signed by: Hérault, Robespierre and Laz. Carnot. 2 p. The letter forwards the above letter from Concitoyenne Ste. Marie.about the Army of Mayence. Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles (1759-1794), Maximilien Robespierre (1758- 1794) and Lazare Carnot (1753-1823). There are extensive notes in the hand of someone other than the scribe of the letter in the left margin. Seaver believed the handwriting was Robespierre’s.

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10 Document, 1793 janv.24. Mandat des Représentans du people, composant le Comité de salut public. Signed by: B. Barere, Carnot, C. A. Prieur, Billaud- Varenne, Collot d’Herbois, Robespierre. 1 leaf On printed letterhead. The order is for subsidizing the Société populaire de l’orient (a political club). Bertrand Barère (1755-1841), Lazare Carnot (1753-1823), Claude Antoine Prieur- Duvernois (1763-1832), Billaud-Varenne (1756-1819), Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1750-1796) and Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794).

11 Document, 2 Prairial 19 [1794 Jun. 7]. Extrait du process-verbal de la Convention nationale. Signed by: Cordier (or Cordies), Carrier and Michaud Surete. 2 p. On printed letterhead. Concerns “Citoyen Guichot sergent au 67e Régiment d’Infanterie.” Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756-1794)

12 Document, 2 Messidor 5 [1794 juil. 8]. Extrait du Registre des arrétes du Comité de salut public de la Convention nationale. Signed by: Billaud-Varenne, Lindet and SJuste. 1 leaf On printed letterhead. The appointment of four inspectors-general: Citoyens Moreau filn, Voworillon, La Boullaye et Bédoult. Billaud-Varenne (1756-1819), Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet (1749-1825) and Saint-Just (1767-1794).

13 Document, 2 Thermidor 4 & 2 Thermidor 6 [1794 juil. 22 & 24]. Signed by C. A. Prieur, B. Barere, R. Lindet, Billaud-Varenne and Collot d’Herbois. 1 leaf Munitions order of 1794 juil. 22 for the Army; approved on 1794 juil. 24. Claude Antoine Prieur-Duvernois (1763-1832), Bertrand Barère (1755-1841), Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet (1749-1825), Billaud-Varenne (1756-1819) and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1750-1796).

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14 Letter, 2 Thermidor 5 [1794 juil. 23, to] General Kleber / Pichegru. 2 p. On printed letterhead: Armée du Nord … au Quartier Général á Maliuet … Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753-1800) and Charles Pichegru (1761-1804).

15 Document, 3 Nivôse 5 [1794 dec. 25] Signed by: Garnier, de Laulee, Mattheiu, Bourdon, De Louise, P. Barras, Lomond, Legendre. 1 leaf On printed letterhead: Convention nationale. Comité de sureté générale. Document concerning “le certificate del’examen des comptes tu Citoyen Marigner”. Jacques Garnier (1754 or 5-1820), Francois Louis Bourdon (1758-1798), Paul Barras, vicomte de, (1755-1829), Adrien Marie Legendre, (1752-1833). ̧ 16 Document, 3 Nivôse 5 [1785 janv. 16, to] Comité de salut public. 2 p. On printed letterhead: Commission de l’organisation et du movement des Armées de terre. Concerns Citoyen Louis Victor Dubu.

17 Document, 3 Germinal 11 [1795 mars 31] Signed by: J. P. Chazal [and others] 1 leaf On letterhead: Envois d’Armes et Munitions de guerre. Order for delivery of “dix mille fusils” (a light flintlock musket) for the marines at Brest with Citoyen Soine taking responsibility for the order. Jean-Pierre Chazal (1766-1840)

18 Document, 5 Nivôse 3 [1796 dec. 23] Signed by: P. Barras [and others] 1 leaf On letterhead: Au nom a la République Française. Military commission “Brevet de Piemier Lieutenant au 8. Régiment d’artillerie à Pied … Citoyen Pierre Fáyenne.” Included in the document is a summary of Fáyenne’s military service and battlefield campaigns. Paul Barras, vicomte de, (1755-1829)

19 Document, 6 Floréal 29[1799 mai 18]. Certificate de residence. 4 p. On letterhead: Consulat de New York. Copy (extrait) of documents for Citoyen Daniel François Philippe Delamarniere.

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Signed by various individuals including Pierre Paganel. Pierre Paganel (1745-1826)

20 Letter, 6 Messidor 12 [1798 juin 20, to] Citoyen Barras / Rossignol. 1 leaf Rossignol writes to Barras that he accepts “without qualification the proposition which you have made to me in the names of the Executive Directory to proceed to General Bonaparte.” Jean-Antoine Rossignol (1759-1802)

21 Letter, 9 Brumaire 4 [1800 oct. 26, to] Administrateurs du Département dela Haute Marne / Lindet, le Ministre des finances. 3 p. Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet (1749-1825)

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SUBJECT HEADINGS

France—History—Revolution, 1789-1799—Sources. France—Politics and government—1789-1799—Sources.

ADDED ENTRIES Barère, B. ǂq (Bertrand), 1755-1841. Barras, Paul, ǂc vicomte de, 1755-1829. Berlier, Théophile, comte, 1761-1844. Billaud-Varenne, 1756-1819. Bourdon, Francois Louis, 1758-1798. Cambon, Joseph, 1756-1820. Carnot, Lazare, ̧ 1753-1823. Carrier, Jean-Baptiste, 1756-1794. Chazal, J. P. (Jean-Pierre), 1766-1840. Collot d'Herbois, Jean-Marie, 1750-1796. Garnier, Jacques, 1754 or 5-1820. Gasparin, Thomas-Augustin de, 1754-1793. Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816. Hérault de Séchelles, Marie-Jean, 1759-1794. Kléber, Jean-Baptiste, 1753-1800. Legendre, A. M. (Adrien Marie), 1752-1833. Lindet, Jean-Baptiste-Robert, 1749-1825. Pache, Jean-Nicholas, 1746-1823. Paganel, Pierre, 1745-1826. Pétion, J. (Jérome), 1756-1794. Pichegru, Charles, 1761-1804. Robespierre, Maximilien,̂ 1758-1794. Roland de La Platière, Jean-Marie, 1734-1793. Rossignol, Jean-Antoine, 1759-1802. Saint-Just, 1767-1794. Santerre, Antoine-Joseph, 1752-1809. Tallien, Jean-Lambert, 1767-1820.

France. Convention nationale. Comité de salut public

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