SPEC 008 French Revolution Pamphlets, 1779-1815 19 Boxes; 5.1 cu. ft. History The French Revolution Pamphlets were purchased in 1973 from Mrs. Frances Reynolds. It was originally acquired by Ball State University to assist an increasing number of history and French students in their research and studies. It was also purchased in the hopes that Ball State’s Ph.D. program in History would be approved in the same year. It was meant to be a foundation for research in the field of modern Europe. At the time of acquisition, Dr. Richard Wires, chairman of the Department of History, wrote in support of the purchase, stating "… we have an increasing number of students who do work in this period for History and French credit and such source material is extremely valuable for their research and studies." Though the Ph.D. program never came to fruition, the French Revolution Pamphlet Collection remains an important resource for students and researchers. The effects of the French Revolution were far reaching and global. The resulting wars propelled Britain to global dominance. France’s navy was in shambles and its empire lost. Spain and Holland were broken as imperial powers. Radical ideas on rights, citizenship, and role of the state developed. The revolution heavily influenced conceptions of liberty and democracy. It also promoted nationalism and citizenship. Many historians consider the French Revolution as the beginning of Modern Europe. The example of the American Revolution and the growth of new ideas amongst the Bourgeoisie began to stir up revolutionary ideas among the French. The ideals of the “Age of Enlightenment,” led by Voltaire and Rousseau, which emphasized individual personal freedom, became a major influence in France. They presented an idea of a liberal society that flourished under a free-market economy. These thinkers also challenged the absolute right to rule and presented ideas of equal rights and the abolition of the class system. The pamphlets presented many of these ideas and played a crucial role in the birth of one of the world’s most important revolutions. The French Revolution, much like the American Revolution, was a movement of the masses. The North American Colonies and their revolt in the 1770s relied heavily on newspapers to promote, proselytize, and disseminate the political discourse that supported their war for independence. The French case presented a different picture, as newspapers were heavily censored in France. French revolutionaries thus turned to the pamphlet, which could be privately printed, as the most popular way to disseminate political discourse. An increase in the number of print shops and a rise in literacy allowed pamphlets to be both mass-produced and understood by the masses. Pamphlets became the most important tool of political polemics and propaganda. Scope and Content 2 This collection of pamphlets covers numerous topics over a thirty-five year period. Its particular strength lies in the early years between 1789 and 1793. Its major topics include laws, taxes, trade, rights, the judicial system, the creation of the constitution, the army, the church, and the execution of the king. Included in this collection is the Déclaration que S.A.S. le Duc régnant de Brunswick-Lunebourg. This pamphlet is the the Proclamation of the Duke of Brunswick, which was the primary justification for the downfall of the monarchy and the eventual execution of the king. Among the more interesting pamphlets surrounding the debate over Louis XVI’s execution is the three act tragedy entitled La Mort de Louis XVI, written by an anonymous royalist. One of the most fascinating literary pamphlets we have is Marie-Joseph Chénier’s Charles IX, ou L'école des Rois, tragédie which attacked the state’s use of censorship. There are also works by a large number of important people. These include Jean Sylvain de Bailly, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Armand Gaston Camus, Lazare Carnot, Trophime Gerard, Marquis de Lally-Tollendal, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Count of Mirabeau, Jacques Necker, Maximilien Robespierre, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, and Jerome Pétion de Villenere. M. Gilkey, 25 April 2006 L. Anderson, 9/2008 3 Container List Box Folder 1 1 Finding Aid 1779 2 France. Conseil d'état. Order of the King's Council, which annuls, beginning the 1st of next April, the leases of the carriage owners from the Place de la Ville of Paris, of the old concessionaries of the of the aforesaid privilege. (Paris, Imprimerie royale) 1783 3 Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri, 1736-1791. Memoirs of the Bastille, and of the detention of Mr. Linguet, written by himself. (London, Spilsbury) 4 Historical remarks on the Bastille. New Edition, augmented with a large number of interesting and little known anecdotes. (London, s.n.) 1785 5 Rohan-Guéméné, Henri-Louis-Marie, prince de, 1745-ca. 1808. Request of prince de Guéméne, to the King. (s.l., s.n.) 1787 6 Order from low court of Paris, August 21, 1787. (s.l., s.n.) 7 Decree of the office of the mint. (s.l., s.n.) 8 France. Parlement (Bordeaux). Judgment of the Court of the Parliament of Bordeaux, making prohibitions & justifications to all classes in any form, to assemble in body of Provincial assemblies, before the Edict bearing the creation of these Assemblies be recorded in the Court. (Bordeaux, Imprimerie de Pierre Phillipot) 9 Bordeaux. Parlement (Bordeaux). Letters of Royal Command. (s.l., s.n.) 1788 10 Aimant, pseud. Letter of Mr. Aimant, vicar to Philanthropie en montagne, to the nobility of France-county. (s.l., s.n.) 11 Chaillou, [Pierre-Louis]. Brittany. Account made by one of the members of the Parliament of Rennes to the Assembly Chambers, May 8, 1788. (Rennes, s.n.) 12 France. Conseil d'etat. Decree of the King’s Council of State, concerning the suppressed records of exceptional courts, and the prosecutions, in criminal matters, relative to the recovery of taxes. June 28, 1788. (Lille, Imprimerie de C.M. Pererinck Crame) 13 France. Parlement. (Aix-en-Provence). Official report of the meeting held at the Parliament of Provence, May 8, 1788. (Paris, s.n.) 14 France., Parlement. (Dijon). Protests of the Parliament of Burgundy, June 11, 1788. (Paris, s.n.) 15 France., Parlement. (Nancy). Declaration and frequent protests of the Parliament of Nancy, June 11, 1788. (s.l., s.n.) 4 16 France., Sovereigns, etc. 1774-1792. (Louis XVI). Instruction for the Deputy Commissioners by the King, on noting the operations prescribed by his ordinance of the present Month, on the administrator of justice, or judged necessary for the execution of the proclamations of the same month. (Paris, s.n.) 17 La Reynie de la Bruyére, Jean Baptiste Marie Louis de, 1760. Letter from the Cardinal of Fleury to the council of Louis XVI. (s.l., s.n.) 18 Minier, Charles. Speech pronounced on September 30, 1788, by Mr. Minier, Attorney to the Parliament at the opening of the Chamber of Attendance, chaired by Mr. Bochard De Saron. (Paris, s.n.) 19 The ghosts of Madam the President Mairat to Mr. de Lamoignon, Fourth President of the Parliament, & Minister of Justice. (Paris, s.n.) 20 Reflexions on the opinion of the bishops to the King. (Paris, s.n.) 21 On this question is it necessary or useful that the Estates General of 1789 be convened in the form of those of 1614. (s.l., s.n.) 1789 22 31st Meeting in the capital. Continuation of the Paris News, November 23, 1789, published the 24th. (Paris, Seguy-Thiboust) 23 Antraigues, Emmanuel Louis Henri de Launay, comte d', 1754-1812. No compromise, by Mr. Henri-Alexandre Audainel. (Paris, s.n.) 24 Berenger, Laurent Pierre, 1749-1822. First continuation supplementing the point of the Day. Continuation of the discovery of the conspiracy. (Paris, La Grange) 25 Bérenger, Laurent Pierre, 1749-1822. Continuance to Supplement the point of the day. Scheme of the Bastille, followed by the opinion of an english philosopher who was in this horrible prison of state. This description is the most true & the most accurate that exists. (Paris, Lagrange) 26 Bérenger, Laurent Pierre, 1749-1822. Supplement to the point of the day. (Paris, Lagrange.) 27 Bergasse, Nicolas, 1750-1832. Report from the Committee of the Constitution, on the organization of the judiciary power, presented to the National Assembly by Mr. Bergasse. (Paris, Baudouin) 28 Besançon, France. Conseil général. Proceedings of the resolutions from the commune of Beasancon of July 28, 1789; and funeral eulogy of Mr. Blanc, pronounced the same day. (Besançon, Imprimerie de Couche) 29 Beaumez, Bon-Albert Briois de, 1759-1801. Report from the committee commissioned to prepare for the National Assembly a draft of Declaration on some provisional changes to the criminal Ordinance. (Paris, s. n.) 30 Bordeaux, France. Electeurs. Address of the ninety voters of the commune of Bordeaux to the National Assembly, on the subject of the slave revolt on Martinique. (Bordeaux, Michel Racle) 31 Bureaux de Pusy, Jean Xavier, 1750-1805. Summary report of the new divisions of the kingdom made to the National Assembly, to the Committee of the Constitution, by Mr. Bureaux of Pusy at the Meeting of Friday January 8, 1790. (Paris, Baudouin) 32 [Carra, Jean Louis], 1743-1793. The Speaker of the Estates General, for 1789. 5 (s.l., s.n.) 2 1 Castellane, Boniface Louis André, marquis de, 1758-1837. Summary of the Opinion of Mr. the Count de Castellane on the declaration of rights, written from memory after the Meeting of August first, 1789. (Paris, Baudouin) 2 Catholic Church. Assemblée générale du clergé du France, 1789. Reprimands of the clergy, Presented to the King Sunday, June 15, 1788, on the rights, exemptions & immunities of the Clergy. (Paris, s.n.) 3 [Cérutti, Joseph Antoine Joachim, bp.], 1738-1792.