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A COLLECTION of original letters and other documents of princes and illustrious persons of France; from the year 1556 to the beginning of the present century; in Fr. The contents of the letters are often very interesting, and many of them are addressed to Cardinal Richelieu.

1. Charles de Lorraine, Cardinal Archbishop of Rheims; 23 Mar. 1556. Acquittance. f. 1.

2. Henry de Lorraine, Duc de Guise; 31 July, 1565. Acquittance. With seal. f. 2.

3. Françoise d'Orléans, widow of [Louis I.] de Bourbon, Prince de Condé; 1 Sept. 1574. Acquittance. f. 3.

4. Charles de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons; 21 July, 1596. Acquittance. With seal. f. 4.

5. Marie de Lorraine, Abbess of Chelles; 15 Nov. 1608. Acquittance. Witli seal. f. 5.

6. S[oeur] Marie de Lorraine [daughter of Charles I. de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf?] to [Marie de Medicis] Queen Mother [widow of Henri IV.]; 1 Aug. s.a. [1621 ?], f. 6.

7. Nicolas Orceau, Dean of Luçon, to Cardinal Richelieu; 14 Dec. 1610. With Seals. f. 8.

8. [Jean Chasteignier, Seigneur de] La Rocheposay, to the same; 14 Sept. 1616, f. 10.

9. Henry Loys [Chasteignier de La Roeheposay], Bishop of Poitiers, to the same; [1611-1621]. With seals. f. 11.

10. Loyse de Bourbon, Abbess de Fontevrault; 20 Sept. 1617. Acquittance. f. 12.

11. [Federigo] Tantucci to Cardinal Richelieu; Turin, 9 July, 1619. Ital. f. 13.

12. Anno [Comtesse] de Montafié [widow of Charles de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons] to the Queen-Mother [Marie de Medicis]; 20 Oct. s.a. With sea1s. f. 15.

13. M- Grangier to Cardinal Richelieu; Lyon, 18 Mar. 1625, f. 17.

14. [Charles de Lorraine, Duc de] Guise, to the same; [Marseilles, 28 March, 1625]. With seals. f. 19.

15. Charles de Lorraine [afterwards Due de Mayenne] to Charles IX.; Persigny, 12 Nov. [ante 1573]. With seals. f. 21.

16. [Charles de Choiseul, Marquis de] Praslain, to Cardinal Richelieu; 15 Apr. [1625]. f. 23.

17. Toussaint de Glandèves,] E[vêque] de Sisteron, and F[élix] Bonier, Doyen de Gap; Paris, 9, 11 Nov. 1625. Certificate and acquittance. f. 25.

18. Chrestienne [daughter of Henri IV. and wife of Victor Aniedée, Prince of Piedmont] to Cardinal Richelieu; Turin, 24 June, 1626, 5 June, 8 Aug. 1627. With seals. ff. 27-31 b.

19. Maximilian [Elector Duke of Bavaria] to the Marquis do Brézé, Ambassador to Bavaria; Munich, 29 Jan. 1632. Lat. With seal. f. 32.

20. [Charles II. de Lorraine, Duc d'] Elbeuf, to M. de Monseaux; Brussels, 10 May, 1632, f. 34.

21. [Charles III. de Lorraine,] Due d'Elbeuf, to [M. de Montrése?]; La Saussaye, 29 Mar.. s.a., f. 36.

22. [Jean Baptiste] Gaston [Duc d'Orléans, son of Henri IV.] to the Marquis de la Douze; camp de Precey, 26 June 1632. With seals. f. 37.

23. P[ierre] Del Bene, [Seigneur de Villerceau,] to Cardinal Richelieu; Villerceau, 20 Jan. 1633, f. 38.

24. - Delbene to the same; [- Apr. 1633], f. 40.

25. [Urbain de Maillé, Marquis Maréchal] de Brézé, to the Baron de Charnacé, Ambassador to Holland; Paris, 9 May, 1633. With seals. f. 42.

26. Marie [de Medicis, widow of Henri IV.] to - -; Brussels, 7 May, 1634, f. 44.

27. Henri [II.] de Bourbon [Prince de Condé] to the Maréchal de Brézé, Viceroy of Catalonia; Paris, 14 Feb. 1642. With seals. f. 45.

28. [François Sublet, Seigneur] De Noyers, [Secretary of State for War] to [L. Arnauld, Seigneur de Rousset]; St. Germain, 4 Mar. 1643, and to [General - -]; Ruel, 22 June s.a., ff. 47, 49.

29. Louis de Bourbon [Duc d'Enghienj to the Maréchal de Brézé; Courtrais, 16 July, 1646. With seals. f. 50.

30. [Hugues] de Lionne [Secretary of State] to [Cardinal Mazarin]; St. Germain, 28 Mar. l649, f. 52.

31. [Giulio] Cardinal Mazarini [Prime Minister]; Paris, 31 Dec. 1650. Acquittance. f. 54.

32. [Charlotte Marguérite de Montmorency, wife of Henri II. de Bourbon, Prince de Condé,] to - -; n.d. Imperfect. f. 56.

33. [Marie Madeleine Vignerot, Duchesse d'Aiguillon, niece of Cardinal Richelieu and wife of Antoine, Seigneur de Combalet,] to - -; [Feb. or July, 1654]. Unsigned. f. 57.

34. Abbé - Tinti, [Agent at Rome for Queen Henrietta Maria, widow of Charles I. of England, to Madame [Combalet]; Rome, 16 Feb., 13 July, 1654, ff. 58, 60.

35. [Prince] Henry de Lorraine [Comte de Harcourt]; Hagenau, 22 Oct. 1656. Order. With seal. f. 62.

36. Cézar [Duc] de Vandosme [Vendôme]; 8 Jan. 1664. Acquittance. f. 64.

37. Jeanne Andrée Charlotte Brulart de Sillery [wife of Gabriel de Langau, Marquis de Boisfevrier]; 3 Sept. 1687. Acquittance. f 65.

38. Marie Madelaine] de Castille [widow of Nicolas Foucquet, Minister of State]; 19 Sept. 1687. Acquittance. f. 67.

39. Louis [Duc] de Vendosme; camp de Polonguerre, 23 Oct. 1693. Certificate. With seal. f. 68.

40. [Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon,] to [J. B. Bossuet] Bishop of Meaux; 3 Apr. 1698, f. 70.

41. Louis [Joseph, Duc] de Vendosme; Paris, 19 Apr. 1698. Appointment. f. 73.

42. Denys Dodart, Physician to the Princess Dowager of Conti 28 Feb. 1707. Acquittance. f. 74.

43. [Anne Louise Benedicte, daughter of Henri Jules de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, and wife of Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Duc] d'Aumale [natural son of Louis XIV.], to Mademoiselle de la Jonchapt; 1 July, 1708;-to the Duc - -; St. Cyr, 23 June, 1709. Imperfect. And to Madame de Glapion; 20 July, 1712. With seal. ff. 75, 82, 85, 44. [Marie Anne de la Grange] Comtesse Vielopolska d'Arquian [widow of John Count Wielopolsky] G[rand] C[hancellor of Poland] to [Cardinal de Janson Forbin]; Dantzic, 22 Sept. 1708, f. 77.

45. T[oussaint] Cardinal de, Janson Forbin, and [Paul de Beauvilliers] Duc de Beauvilliers St. Aignan; Versailles, 1 Apr., 27 Aug. 1709. Adjudication and deposition. ff. 79, 82.

46.Marie Casimire [de la Grange, widow of John Sobiesky,] Reyne [of Poland] to the Duc de Beauvilliers St. Aignan; 9 June, [1709], f. 84.

47. Charles Auguste de Goyon, Maréchal de Matignon, to M. Desmarest, [Comptroller General of Finance; circa 1714], f. 87.

48. Draft of will with codicils of Anno de Lorraine, Princesse de Lislebonne, [widow of François Marie dit Jules de Lorraine, Prince de Lillebonne]; Paris, 7 Alar. 1694-26 May, 1719. With seals. ff. 88-98 b.

49. [Hierosme] Dargeues [Seigneur de Fleury]; 19 Feb. 1720. Certificates. ff. 88-100 b.

50. Louise Elisabet de Bourbon, [wife of Louis Armand II., Prince de Conti,] to -; 13 May, [1762], f. 101.

51. [Marie de Rebé, [widow of E1éonor du Maine, Marquis] Du Bourg; Paris, 2 Jan. 1732, 10 June, 1736. Acquittances. ff. 102, 108.

52. [Victor Marie] Maréchal Due d'Estrées to the Marquis de Charran Paris, 12 Aug. 1734; and to [N. J. de Paris] Bishop of Orleans; Paris, 28 Sept. 1735, ff. 103, 107.

53. [Henri François] D'Aguesseau [Chancellor] to [C. de Rouvroy de St. Simon] Bishop of Metz; Paris, 27 July, 1735, f. 105.

54. [Léonor Marie du Maine, Maréchal Comte] Du Bourg, to Mademoiselle de la Cour; Strasbourg, 20 Jan. 1737. Signed. With seal. f. 109.

55. Catherine [Ossalinska, wife of Stanislas Leczinsky,] Beyne de Pologne, to the Duc de Fleury; Luneville, 4 Jan. 1740. Signed. f. 111.

56. [Louis Marie Léopold de Lorraine, Comte de Harcourt,] Prince de Guise, to his brother-in-law, the Duc de Richelieu; Paris, 3 Aug. 1740. With seal. f. 112.

57. Le Prince Charles do Lorraine [Grand Ecuyer de France] to [the Duc de Richelieu]: "au haras du Roi," 4 Aug. 1740, f. 114.

58. [Pierre Guérin, Cardinal de Tencin,] to [the Duc - -]; 29 Apr.. 1744. Unsigned. f. 116.

59. Bethune Maréchalle de Belleisle [Marie Casimire Thérèze Génoviève Emanuelle de Béthune, wife of Charles Louis Auguste Foucquet de Belleisle, Due de Gisors]; Paris, 10 July, 1745. Nomination. f. 118.

60. [Louise] Anne [Radegonde] de Lorraine d'Elbeuf, Abbesse de St. Saens, to M. Grassin, "Directeur Général des Monoies;" 6 Feb. 1747;-and to M. Machault, "Controleur Général des Finances;" 23 Feb. 1747. With seals. ff. 120, 122.

61. [Ulric Frederic Woldemar] Maréchal [Comte] de Löwendal to - -; Brussels, 26 Feb. 1748, f. 124.

62. [Herman Maurice] M[aréchal Comte] de Saxe to the Maréchal Duc de Noailles; Château de Tervure, 25 June, 1748. Signed. f. 125.

63. [Louis Antoine de Gontaut] Maréchal Due de Biron; [post 1750]. Permit. f. 127.

64. [Louis François Armand le Vignerot du Plessis] M[aréchal] Duc de Richelieu; [Post 1750]. Permit. f. 128.

65. Amalie d'Este [daughter of Rinaldo, 6th Duke of Modena,] to the Duc de Penthièvre; Modena, 5 Apr. 1753. With seal. f. 129.

66. [Marie Thérèe d'] A[lberigo] d'Este Cybo [wife of Ercole Rinaldo d'Este, afterwards 8th Duke of Modena] to the same; Modena, 5 Apr. 1753, f. 131.

67. [Louise Elizabeth, daughter of Louis XV. and wife of Philip Duke of Parma] to - -; 14 Dec. 1754. Unsigned. f. 132.

68. Charles de Rohan M[aréchal] Prince de Soubise to - Landwerhagen, 11 Oct. 1758;-to the Duc de Fitzjames; Cassel, 6 Oct. s.a.;-to - -; St. Hubert, 20 May, s.a.;-and to maréchal - -; Compiègne, 16 Aug. 1767, ff. 134, 136, 138, 144.

69. La M[aréchale] D[uchesse] de Villars [Jeanne Angélique Rocque de Varangeville, widow of Claude Louis Hector, Maréchal Duc de Villars,] to - -; [Athis,] 30 May, 1759, f. 139.

70. [Louis Charles Auguste Foucquet] Maréchal Due de Belleisle to the Duc de Fitz-James; Versailles, 15 Sept. 1759. Signed. f. 140.

71. L[ouis] J[ean] M[arie] de Bourbon, Duc de Penthièvre, to Marshal - -; Paris, 9 Feb. 1761, f. 141.

72. [Charles] Duc de Fitz-James to his sister., the Marquise de Bonzols; Toulouse, 19 Sept. 1763. Unsigned. With seal. And to Le Clerc; Fitz-James, 5 June, 1769. ff. 142, 147.

73. [Charles François Virot, Marquis de] Sombreuil, Brigadier-General, to - -; Limoges, 7 Apr.. 1769, f. 145.

74. [Victoire Louise Sophie de Goyon de Matignon, wife of Charles, Duc de Fitz-James,] to her husband; Paris, 25-27 Aug. s.a. Unsigned. With seals. ff. 149, 151.

75. [Jean Charles, son of Charles, Duc de Fitz-James,] to his father; London, 12 Dec. [1764-1768]. Unsigned. With seal. f. 153.

76. [Emmanuel Félicité de Durfort] Maréchal Duc de Duras to - -; Paris, [post 1775], f. 155.

77. Louis Auguste [Dauphin de France, afterwards Louis XVI.]; Versailles, 16 Dec. 1769. Appointment. f. 156.

78. [François Joacham de Pierre] Cardinal de Bernis; Rome, 3 July, 1771. Acquittance. f. 158.

79. [Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis] Maréchal Duc de Richelieu [post 24 June, 1776]. Certificate. f. 159.

80. The same to the Maréchal Duc de Fitz-James; Paris, 7 July, 1776, f. 160.

81. Le Chevalier - Dulandreau, Officier du Régiment de Murray, to the Marshals of France; [1786]. Petition, with testimonials from the officers of his regiment, viz.: Le Lonchier, Colonel; Namur, 19 July, 1786; [Charles Joseph] Prince de Ligne, Lieut.-Gen.; Brussels, 20 July 1786, and - -, Comte de Murray, General Commandant; Brussels, 21 July, 1786. With seals. f. 161.

82. Marie Josephine Louise [de Savoie, wife of Louis, Comte de Provence, afterwards Louis XVIII.] to M. de Lessart; [circa 1789] and to M. Beugnot, "Intendant des Finances du Comte d'Artois;" 25 June, s.a. With seals. ff. 163, 165.

83. [General Jean Jacques] Dessalines [afterwards Jacques I., Emperor of Haiti] to Captain Baillot; St. Mare [in Haiti], 13 Thermidor, an [31 July, 1793]. Signed. f. 167.

84. List of Turkish words with French equivalents from St. Matthew's Gospel, ch. 2, and Psalm 1, in Chaldee and Latin, in the handwriting of Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval, Professeur au College de France, ff. 168, 173.

85. Invitations to the marriage of the same; n.d. Printed. ff. 170, 171.

86. Le Macéchal Moncey [Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Duc de Conegliano] to - -; [post 1804]. Imperfect. Signed. f. 176.

87. [Louise Anne de Bourbon, dite Mademoiselle de Charolais, daughter of Louis III., Prince de Condé, and mistress of Louis XV.] to - n.d. Unsigned. f. 177.

88. [Armand Nicolas Augustin, Maréchal Duc de] C[astries] to - -; 11 Sept. s.a., f. 178. Vellum and Paper. Quarto.

Scope & Content:

France General Chronicles and History, etc: Letters of princes, nobles, etc.: 1556-1804.: Fr.

includes:

  • f. 1 Charles de Lorraine, 1st Cardinal de Lorraine: Acquittance: 1556.: Fr.
  • f. 2 Henri de Lorraine, Duc de- Guise: Acquittance, with heal: 1665.: Fr.
  • f. 3 Françoise de Bourbon, wife of Louis I, Prince de Condé: Acquittance: 1574.
  • f. 4 Charles de Bourbon, Comte de Soissons: Acquittance: 1596.: Fr.
  • f. 5 Marie de Lorraine, Abbess of Notre Dame de Chelles St. Baupteur: Receipts for money: 1605, 1608.: Fr.
  • f. 6 Marie de Lorraine, daughter of CharlesI de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf: Letter to Marie de' Medici: 1621.: Fr.
  • ff. 6, 15 Henry IV of France; Marie de Medici: Letters to Qu. Marie de' Medici, from Soeur Marie de Lorraine and the Comtesse de Montafié: circ. 1620.: Fr.
  • f. 8 Nicolas Orceau, Dean of Luçon: Letters to Card. Richelieu: 1610.: Fr.
  • ff. 8-41 Armand Jean Du Plessis, Bishop of Luçon, afterwards Cardinal, Duc de Richelieu: Letters to: 1610-1633.: Fr.
  • f. 10 Jean Chasteignier, Seigneur de la Rocheposay: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1616.: Fr.
  • f. 11 Henri Louis Chasteignier de la Pocheposay, Bishop of Poitiers: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1611.
  • f. 12 Louise de Bourbon, Abbess of Fontevrault: Acquittance: 1617.: Fr.
  • f. 13 Federigo Tantucci: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1619.: Ital.
  • f. 15 Anne de Bourbon, wife of Charles, Comte de Soissons: Letter to Marie de' Medici: n.d.: Fr.
  • f. 17 M- Grangier: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1625.: Fr.
  • f. 19 Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duc de Guise: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1625.: Fr.
  • f. 21 Charles de Lorraine, Duc de Mayenne: Letter to Charles IX.: ante 1573.: Fr.
  • f. 21 Charles IX of France: Letter to, from the Duc de Mayenne: ante 1573.: Fr.
  • f. 23 Charles de Choiseul, Marquis de Praslin: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1625.: Fr.
  • f. 25 Felix Ulonier, Doyen de Gap: Acquittance: 1625.: Fr.
  • f. 25 Toussaint de Glandevès, Bishop of Sisteron: Certificate: 1625.: Fr.
  • ff. 27-31 b Victor Amadeus I; Duke of Savoy: Letters from Christina, his wife, to Card. Richelieu: 1626, 1627.: Fr.
  • f. 32 Bavaria, Electors. Maximilian I: Letter to the Marquis de Brézé: 1632.: Lat.
  • f. 32 Antoine de Brézé, Marquis; French Ambassador to Bavaria: Letter to, from Maximilian of Bavaria: 1632.: Lat.
  • f. 34 Charles II. de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf: Letter to M. du Monseaux: 1632.: Fr.
  • f. 36 Charles III. de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf: Letter to M. de Montrése: n.d.: Fr.
  • f. 37 Gaston Jean Baptiste Orléans, Duc d': Letter to Marquis de la Douze: 1632.: Fr.
  • f. 38 Pierre Alphonse Del Bene, Seigneur de Villerceau: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1633.
  • f. 40 Delbene: Letter to Card. Richelieu: 1633.: Fr.
  • f. 42 Hercule Girard de Charnacé, Baron; French Ambassador in Holland: Correspondence with the Marquis de Brézé: 1633 - 1637.: Fr.
  • f. 42 Urbain de Maillé, Marquis de Brézé Viceroy of Catalonia: Correspondence with Baron (le Charnacé: 1633-1637.: Fr.
  • f. 44 Henry IV of France; Marie de Medici: Letter to Qu. Marie de' Medici: 1634.: Fr.
  • f. 45 Henri II. de Bourbon, 3rd Prince de Condé: Letters to the Marquis de Brézé: 1641, 1642.: Fr.
  • ff. 45, 50 Urbain de Maillé, Marquis de Brézé Viceroy of Catalonia: Letters to, from the Prince de Condé and the Duc d'Enghien: 1642, 1646.: Fr.
  • ff. 47, 49 François Sublet, Sieur de Noyers; French Secretary of State: Letters to Seigneur de Rousset and Gen.-,: 1643.: Fr.
  • f. 50 Louis de Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien; Prince de Condé: Correspondence with Marshal de Brézé: 1646, 1649.: Fr.
  • f. 52 Hugues de Lionne, French foreign minister: Correspondence with Card. Mazarin: 1649, 1659.: Fr.
  • f. 54 Giulio Mazarin, Cardinal 1641: Acquittance: 1650.: Fr.
  • f. 56 Charlotte Margaret Bourbon, wife of Henri, 2nd Prince de Condé: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.: Imperf.
  • f. 57 Marie Madeleine Beauvoir du Roure, Duchesse d'Aiguillon, wife of A de Beauvoir de Roure, Seigneur de Combelet: Letter to -: 1654.: Fr.
  • ff.58,60 Tinti, Abbé, Agent at Rome for Qu. Henrietta Maria: Letters to Mad. Combalet: 1654.: Fr.
  • f. 62 Henri de Lorraine, Comte d'Harcourt: Order and seal: 1656.: Fr.
  • f. 64 César de Bourbon, Duc de Vendôme: Acquittance: 1664.: Fr.
  • f. 65 Jeanne Andrée Charlotte de Langan, wife of Gabriel, Marquis de Boisfevrier: Acquittance: 1687.: Fr.
  • f. 67 Marie Madeleine de Fouquet, widow of Nicolas Fouquet: Acquittance: 1687.: Fr.
  • f. 68 Louis de Bourbon, Duc de Vendôme: Certificate: 1693.: Fr.
  • f. 70 Françoise d' Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon: Letter to Bishop Bossuet: 1698.: Fr.
  • f. 70 Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux: Letter to, from Madame Maintenon: 1698.: Fr.
  • f. 73 Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duc de Vendôme: Appointment: 1698.: Fr.
  • f. 74 Denys Dodart, Physician to the Dowager Princess of Conti: Acquittance: 1707.: Fr.
  • ff. 75, 82 d' Aumale, daughter of Jacques, Seigneur de Merouil, Secretary to Madame de Maintenon: Letters to Mlle. de la Jonchapt, and the Duc de -: 1708, 1709.: Fr.
  • f. 77 Marie Anne de la Grange Wielopolsky, widow of J, Count Wielopolsky, Grand Chancellor of Poland: Letter to Card. de Janson: 1708.: Fr.
  • ff. 79, 82 Paul de Beauvilliers, Duc de Beauvilliers St Aignan: Adjudication and deposition: 1709.: Fr.
  • ff. 79, 82 Toussaint de Forbin de Janson, Cardinal, French Ambassador at Rome: Adjudication and depoition: 1709.: Fr.
  • f. 84 John Sobieski; King of Poland: Letter from the same, to the Duc de Beauvilliers: 1709.: Fr.
  • f. 85 d' Aumale, daughter of Jacques, Seigneur de Merouil, Secretary to Madame de Maintenon: Letters to Madame de Glapion: 1712.: Fr.
  • f. 87 Charles Auguste Goyon de Matignon, Comte de Gacé; French lieutenant-general: Letter to M. Desmarest: 1713.: Fr.
  • ff. 88-100 b Hierosme Dargeuges, Seigneur de Fleury: Certificates of the will of the Princesse de Lillebonne: 1720.
  • ff. 88-98 b Anne de Lorraine, widow of François Marie, dit Jules, Prince de Lillebonne: Will and codicils: 1694-1719.
  • f. 101 Louise Elisabeth de Bourbon, wife of Louis Armand II., Prince de Conti: Letter to: 1762.
  • ff. 102, 108 Marie Thérèse Du Maine, widow of Eléonor, Marquis du Bourg: Acquittances to M. de La Cour: 1732, 1736.: Fr.
  • f. 103 George D- John: Letter to R. Taunton: 1837.
  • ff. 103, 107 Victor Marie dé Estrées, Duc d'Estrées; Marshal and Vice-Admiral of France: Letters to the Marquis de Charran and the Bishop of Orleans: 1734, 1735.: Fr.
  • f. 105 Henri François d' Aguesseau, Chancellor of France, son of Henri d'Aguesseau, Intendant: Letter to the Bishop of Metz: 1735.
  • f. 105 Claude Rouvroy de St. Simon, Bishop of Metz: Letters to, from H. F. D'Aguesseau: 1735.: Fr.
  • f. 109 Léonor Marie Du Maine, Maréchal, Comte du Bourg: Letter to Madlle. de La Cour: 1737.: Fr.
  • f. 111 Stanislas Leczinski; King of Poland: Letter from Catharine Opalinska, his wife, to the Duc de Fleury: 1740.: Fr.
  • f. 111 Jean Hercule de Rosset de Fleury, Duc de Fleury: Letter to, from Qu. Catharine of Poland: 1740.: Fr.
  • f. 112 Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Maréchal, Duc de Richelieu: Letter to, from the Prince de Guise: 1740.: Fr.
  • f. 112 Louis Marie Léopold de Lorraine, Prince de Guise: Letter to the Duc de Richelieu: 1740.: Fr.
  • f. 114 Charles de Lorraine, Prince; Comte d'Armagnac, Grand Ecuyer: Letter to the Duc de Richelieu: 1740.: Fr.
  • f. 116 Pierre Guérin de Tencin, Cardinal, Archbishop of Embrun: Letter to -: 1744.: Fr.
  • f. 118 Marie Casimire Thérèse Généviève Emanuelle de Fouquet, daughter of Comte de Béthune, wife of the Maréchal Duc de Belleisle: Nomination: 1745.: Fr.
  • f. 120 Grassin, Directeur-Général des Monnoies: Letter to, from the Abbess of St. Saens: 1747.: Fr.
  • ff. 120, 122 Louise Anne Radegonde de Lorraine, Abbess of Saint Saens: Letters to M. Grassin and M. Machault: 1747.: Fr.
  • f. 122 Louise Elisabeth de Bourbon, wife of Philip, Duke of Parma: Letter to -: 1754.: Fr.
  • f. 122 Jean Baptiste de Machault, Sieur d'Arnouville; Ministre de Marine: Letter to, from the Abbess of St. Saens: 1747.: Fr.
  • f. 124 Ulric Frédéric Woldemar Löwendähl, Count; Marshal of France: Letter to -: 1748.: Fr.
  • f. 125 Maurice de Saxe, Marshal of France: Letter to the Duc de Noailles: 1748.: Fr.
  • f. 125 Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Comte d'Ayen; Duc de Noailles 1704; Maréchal de France 1734: Letter to, from Maréchal de Saxe: 1748.: Fr.
  • f. 127 Louis Antoine de Gontaut, Maréchal, Duc de Biron: Permit: post 1750.: Fr.
  • ff. 128, 159 Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Maréchal, Duc de Richelieu: Permit and Certificate: post 1750, 1776.: Fr.
  • f. 129 Amalie d' Este, daughter of Rinaldo, 6th Duke of Modena: Letter to the Duc de Penthièvre: 1753.: Fr.
  • f. 131 Ercole Rinaldo; Duke of Modena and Ferrara: Letter from Maria Theresa, his wife, to the Duc de Ponthièvre: 1753.: Fr.
  • ff. 134, 136, 138, 144 Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise: Letters to the Duc de Fitzjames and others: 1758, 1767.: Fr.
  • f. 139 Jeanne Angelique Villars, widow of C L H Duc de Villars: Letter to -: 1759: Fr.
  • f. 140 Louis Charles Auguste Fouquet, Maréchal Duc de Belleisle: Letter to the Duc de Fitz-James: 1759.: Fr.
  • ff. 140, 142, 147, 149, 151, 153, 160 Charles Fitz-James, Maréchal, Duc de Fitz-James: Correspondence: 1759 -1776.: Fr.
  • f. 141 Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duc de Penthiévre: Letters to -: 1760, 1761.
  • f. 142 Laura de Bonzols, Marquise: Letter to, from the Duc de FitzJames: 1763.: Fr.
  • f. 145 Charles François Virot, Marquis de Sombreuil; Brigadier-General: Letter to-: 1769.: Fr.
  • f. 153 Jean Charles de Fitz-James, 3rd Duc de Fitz-James: Letter to his father, Charles, Duc de Fitz-James: 1764-1768.: Fr.
  • f. 155 Emanuel Félicité de Durfort, Duc de Duras; French Ambassador at Madrid: Letter to -: post 1775.: Fr.
  • f. 156 Louis XVI of France: Appointment: 1769.: Fr.
  • f. 158 François Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Abbé, Comte, afterwards Cardinal: Acquittance: 1771.: Fr.
  • f. 160 Louis François Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Maréchal, Duc de Richelieu: Letter to the Maréchal Duc de Fitz - James: 1776.: Fr.
  • f. 161 Joseph Murray, Chevalier, afterwards Count Murray, Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Low Countries: Testimonial for Chev. du Landreau: 1786.: Fr.
  • f. 161 Pierre Marie Joubert, Chevalier du Landreau: Petition to the Marshals of France: 1786.: Fr.
  • f. 161 Charles Joseph de Ligne, Prince; Austrian General: Testimonial on favour of Chev. Dulandreau: 1786.: Fr.
  • f. 161 Le Lonchier, Colonel du Régiment de Murray: Testimonial in favour of Chevalier Dulandreau: 1786.: Fr.
  • ff. 163, 165 Louis XVIII of France: Letters of Qu. Marie Josephine Louise to MM. de Lessart and Beugnot: circ. 1789, n.d.: Fr.
  • f. 165 Beugnot: Letter to, from the Countess of Provence: n.d.: Fr.
  • f. 167 Haiti, Emperor of. Jaques I: Letter to Capt. Baillot: 1793.: Fr.
  • ff. 168, 173 Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval, Professor of Arabic at the Collège de France: Turkish words in St. Matthew, ch. ii., etc.: 18th cent.
  • ff. 170, 171 Jean Jacques Antoine Caussin de Perceval, Professor of Arabic at the Collège de France: Invitations to his wedding: 18th cent.: Fr.: Printed.
  • f. 176 Bon Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Maréchal, Duc de Conegliano: Letter to -: post 1804.: Fr.: Imperf.
  • f. 177 Louise Anne de Bourbon, dite Madlle de Charolais, Mistress of Louis XV: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.
  • f. 178 Armand Nicolas Augustin de La Croix, Maréchal de Castries: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.
  • f. 180 Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse: Portrait: 18th cent.

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Languages:
English
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Italian
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Start Date:
1556
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1820
Date Range:
Mid 16th century-Early 19th century
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Mary Barbara Hales: Owned: in 19th cent.

Exhibitions:
Discovering literature: 20th century, (online), 25 May 2016-
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Notes:
Letter from Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1793. Exhibited: Discovering literature: 20th century (online), 25 May 2016-.
Names:
Aguesseau, Henri François, Chancellor of France, son of Henri d'Aguesseau, Intendant
Aubigné, Françoise d', Marquise de Maintenon
Aumale, daughter of Jacques, Seigneur de Merouil, Secretary to Madame de Maintenon
Beauvilliers, Paul, Duc de Beauvilliers St Aignan
Beauvoir du Roure, Marie Madeleine, Duchesse d'Aiguillon, wife of A de Beauvoir de Roure, Seigneur de Combelet
Beugnot
Bonzols, Laura, Marquise
Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne, Bishop of Meaux
Bourbon, Anne, wife of Charles, Comte de Soissons
Bourbon, Charles, Comte de Soissons, 1566-1612
Bourbon, Charlotte Margaret, wife of Henri 2nd Prince de Condé
Bourbon, César, Duc de Vendôme
Bourbon, Françoise, wife of Louis I, Prince de Condé
Bourbon, Henri II., 3rd Prince de Condé
Bourbon, Louis Alexandre, Comte de Toulouse
Bourbon, Louis Jean Marie, Duc de Penthiévre
Bourbon, Louis Joseph, Duc de Vendôme
Bourbon, Louis, Duc d'Enghien, Prince de Condé
Bourbon, Louis, Duc de Vendôme
Bourbon, Louise Anne, dite Madlle de Charolais, Mistress of Louis XV
Bourbon, Louise Elisabeth, wife of Louis Armand II., Prince de Conti
Bourbon, Louise Elisabeth, wife of Philip, Duke of Parma
Bourbon, Louise, Abbess of Fontevrault
Brézé, Antoine, Marquis, French Ambassador to Bavaria
Caussin de Perceval, Jean Jacques Antoine, Professor of Arabic at the Collège de France
Charles IX, King of France, 1550-1574
Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise and marshal of France, 1715-1787
Charnacé, Hercule, Baron de Charnacé, diplomat and courtier, 1588-1637
Chasteignier de la Pocheposay, Henri Louis, Bishop of Poitiers
Chasteignier, Jean, Seigneur de la Rocheposay
Choiseul, Charles, Marquis de Praslin
Christine, Duchess of Savoy, sister of Louis XIII of France, 1606-1663
Cuges, Toussaint, Bishop of Sisteron, d 1648
Delbene, -, correspondent of Cardinal Armand Richelieu, fl 1633
Dessalines, Jean-Jacques, leader of the Haitian Revolution, c 1758-1806
Dodart, Denis, physician, naturalist and botanist, 1634-1707
Durfort, Emanuel-Félicité, 4th Duke of Duras, army officer, diplomat and politician, 1715-1789
Ercole Rinaldo, Duke of Modena and Ferrara
Este, Amalie, daughter of Rinaldo, 6th Duke of Modena
Estrées, Victor Marie dé, Duc d'Estrées, Marshal and Vice-Admiral of France
Fitz James, Charles, Duc de Fitz-James, army officer and governor, 1712-1787
Fitz James, Jacques Charles, 3rd Duc de Fitz-James, nobleman, 1743-1805
Fouquet, Louis Charles Auguste, Maréchal Duc de Belleisle
Fouquet, Marie Casimire Thérèse Généviève Emanuelle, daughter of Comte de Béthune, wife of the Maréchal Duc de Belleisle
Fouquet, Marie Madeleine, widow of Nicolas Fouquet
Gontaut, Louis Antoine, Duc de Biron, army officer and Marshall of France, 1700-1788
Grangier, M, correspondent of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, fl 1625
Grassin, Pierre, director of the French mint, fl 1712-1747
Hales, Mary Barbara, former owner of two manuscripts, fl 19th century
Janson, Toussaint, Cardinal, French Ambassador at Rome, 1631-1713
John, George D-
Joubert, Pierre Marie, Chevalier du Landreau
La Croix, Armand Nicolas Augustin, Maréchal de Castries
Langan, Jeanne Andrée Charlotte, wife of Gabriel, Marquis de Boisfevrier
Le Lonchier, Colonel du Régiment de Murray
Ligne, Charles Joseph, Prince, Austrian General
Lionne, Hugues de, French foreign minister
Lorraine, Anne, widow of François Marie, dit Jules, Prince de Lillebonne
Lorraine, Charles II., Duc d'Elbeuf
Lorraine, Charles III., Duc d'Elbeuf
Lorraine, Charles, 1st Cardinal de Lorraine
Lorraine, Charles, 4th Duc de Guise
Lorraine, Charles, Duc de Mayenne, 1554-1611
Lorraine, Charles, Prince, Comte d'Armagnac, Grand Ecuyer
Lorraine, Henri, Comte d'Harcourt
Lorraine, Henri, Duc de- Guise
Lorraine, Louis Marie Léopold, Prince de Guise
Lorraine, Louise Anne Radegonde, Abbess of Saint Saens
Lorraine, Marie, Abbess of Notre Dame de Chelles St. Baupteur
Lorraine, Marie, daughter of CharlesI de Lorraine, Duc d'Elbeuf
Louis XVI, of France
Louis XVIII, of France
Löwendähl, Ulric Frédéric Woldemar, Count, Marshal of France
Machault, Jean Baptiste, Sieur d'Arnouville, Ministre de Marine
Maillé, Urbain, Marquis de Brézé Viceroy of Catalonia
Maine, Léonor Marie, Comte du Bourg, army officer, 1655-1739
Maine, Marie Anne, wife of Eléonor, Marquis du Bourg, fl 1729-1736
Matignon, Charles Auguste, Comte de Gacé, army officer and diplomat, fl 1699-1714
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria
Mazarin, Giulio, Cardinal 1641
Medici, Marie, Queen Consort of France and Navarre, 1575-1642
Moncey, Bon Adrien Jeannot, Maréchal, Duc de Conegliano
Murray, Joseph, Chevalier, afterwards Count Murray, Austrian Commander-in-Chief in the Low Countries
Noailles, Adrien Maurice, Comte d'Ayen, Duc de Noailles 1704; Maréchal de France 1734
Orceau, Nicolas, Dean of Luçon
Orléans, Gaston Jean Baptiste, Duc d'
Pierre de Bernis, François Joachim, Abbé, Comte, afterwards Cardinal
Plessis, Armand Jean, Duke of Richelieu, cardinal and statesman, 1585-1642
Plessis, Louis François Armand de Vignerot, Duc de Richelieu, army officer, diplomat and statesman, 1696-1788
Ranes, Jérôme, Seigneur de Fleury, courtier, 1683-1767
Rosset de Fleury, Jean Hercule, Duc de Fleury
Rouvroy de St. Simon, Claude, Bishop of Metz
Saxe, Maurice de, Marshal of France
Sobieski, John III, King of Poland, 1629-1696
Stanislas Leczinski, King of Poland
Sublet, François, Sieur de Noyers, French Secretary of State
Tantucci, Federigo
Tencin, Pierre-Paul, Cardinal and Archbishop of Embrun, 1679-1758
Tinti, Abbé, Agent at Rome for Qu. Henrietta Maria
Ulonier, Felix, Doyen de Gap
Villars, Jeanne Angelique, widow of C L H Duc de Villars
Virot, Charles François, Marquis de Sombreuil, Brigadier-General
Wielopolsky, Marie Anne de la Grange, widow of J, Count Wielopolsky, Grand Chancellor of Poland
d'Elbene, Pierre Alphonse, Seigneur de Villerceau, courtier, fl 1624-1633