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Gustave Bord Collection of French Historical Material
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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Gustave Bord was a French historian.
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, legal papers, notebooks, and notes relating to French history, particularly the French Revolution, collected by Bord. The collection includes papers, 1626-1877 (but chiefly from the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon), relating to the Bord family in the French town of Bourges and in the district of La Châtre, Départment de l'Indre; letters, 1761-1790, to Paporet de Maxilly, secretary to Louis XVI, pertaining to the fiscal and judicial administration, chiefly in the 1770s and 80s, of landed estates in Aubusson, Guéret, and other places in the Départment de Creuse; notes on emigration probably taken by Henri Forneron (1834-1886) while researching his HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES ÉMIGRES PENDANT LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE; 19th-century notes for a French dictionary and notes for a glossary of names with etymological information; and a notebook of dictionary entries with comments on usage. In addition, there are six volumes of notes and three scrapbooks on the French Revolution, and manuscript volumes entitled "Un émeute à Saint-Nazaire en 1791", "Législation des grains", "Histoire de l'épiscopat française, 1789-1804", and "Documents communiqués le 15 décembre 1853 par Mr. Goré, archiviste".
Loose manuscripts are arranged alphabetically under these topics, "Bord Family", "French Dictionary", "Forneron, Henri", "Paporet de Maxilly, Antoine" (correspondence in chronological order). Bound manuscripts are boxed and arranged alphabetically by author.
Collected by Bord. 3 Letters transferred from P.U.L. open stacks.
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People
- Forneron, H. (Henri), 1834-1886
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
- Paporet de Maxilly, Antoine,seigneur de Maxilly, 1726-1789
Subject
- Bishops -- France -- History -- 18th century
- French language -- Dictionaries
- French language -- Etymology
- Riots -- France -- Saint-Nazaire -- 18th century
Place
- France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793 -- Sources.
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Sources.
- France -- Emigration and immigration.
- Aubusson (France) -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
- Bourges (France) -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
- Guéret (France) -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
- La Châtre (Indre, France) -- History, Local -- 18th century -- Sources.
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2001
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Collection Inventory
Letters, legal documents, and other materials pertaining to branches of the Bord family in the French town of Bourges and in the district of La Chátre, Départment de l'Indre. The bulk of documents are from the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.
Physical Description2 folders
Nineteenth-century notes including some on personal and place names with etymological information and also extracts from the works of Jean-Baptiste de la Curne de Sainte-Pelaye (1697-1782), the eighteenth-century French lexicographer.
Physical Description1 folder
In a folder labeled "Notes Forneron sur l'Emigration" are notes probably taken by Henri Forneron from printed and manuscript sources when researching his Histoire Générale des émigres pendant la Révolution Française.
Physical Description1 folder
Paporet de Maxilly was the member of a family of Parisian magistrates, who was ennobled during the reign of Louis XV of France with the honorary title of "Secretaire du Roi." The letters seem to pertain to the fiscal and judicial administration, chiefly in the 1770s and 1780s, of landed estates in Aubusson, Guéret, and other places in the Départment de Creuse, located about 200 miles south of Paris. The letters were sent by Étienne Martinon, Michel de la Chabans, Françis Xavier Rochon de Valette, and other local officials. For information about Antoine Paporet de Maxilly and his family, see Christine Favre-LeJeune, Les Secrétaires du Roi de la grande Chancellerie de France (Paris: Sedopols, 1986), vol. 2, 1034 (call # DC131.8.F39).
Arranged chronologically.
Physical Description3 folders
Documents copied for Gustave Bord.
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Bound with "Memoire pour Mess.rs les Mes. des requestes ...," undated [probably 18th century].
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