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Handwritten copy of an autobiography in French. Anouleme writes about the imprisonment of her family during the French Revolution, the execution of her father and mother, the trial preceding the sentencing of her mother, and her life in prison.

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Marriage documents, personal letters, extracts of birth, death and pension certificates of the Bunot family, a family living in France in the ate 18th and 19th centuries.

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Holograph. A poem praising the cause of the French Revolution and criticizing the activities of certain Royalists.

Scope and Contents Materials include thirty-three letters written from de Lalande to Mme. de Piery discussing his work, the current political situation, and personal matters. Portions of three letters have been excised, possibly because of their political content. Some items are not dated, others are dated using the calendar adopted by the French following the Revolution (1789-1792) with no attempt to correlate these dates with the Gregorian calendar. All items handwritten, some signed. All but one...