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French Revolution Collection on Camille Desmoulins, Lucile Duplessis, and Arthur Dillon

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2011-0329

Scope and Contents

Cahier Rouge by Lucile Duplessis Desmoulins (red homemade manuscript book/diary by Duplessis, wife of Camille Desmoulins, undated); manuscript letter from General Arthur Dillon to Camille Desmoulins (1793); a small collection relating to General Arthur Dillon's regiment before, during and after the French Revolution (1702-1847); unbound pamphlets including Desmoulins' Le Vieux Cordelier (1793), Desmoulins' Lettre de Camille Desmoulins (1793), and Observations due Comte De Lally-Tolendal Sur La Letre Erite Par M Le Comte De Mirabeau (1789); and an extra-illustrated copy of the English translation of Claretie's biography, Camille Desmoulins and His Wife (1876).

Dates

  • created: 1702-1876
  • Other: Date acquired: 03/29/2011

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is available for research.

Extent

2.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

French

Source of Acquisition

Modern First Editions

Method of Acquisition

Purchase

Title
French Revolution Collection on Camille Desmoulins, Lucile Duplessis, and Arthur Dillon
Author
Ben Yadon
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository

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