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Gustave Bord Collection of French Historical Material

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Bord

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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Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2001
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Collection Inventory

Bord family papers, 1626-1877. 2 folders.
Scope and Contents

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 Description

2 folders

Materials for French Dictionary, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

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 Description

1 folder

Forneron, Henri (1834-1886) Notes, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

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 Description

1 folder

Paporet de Maxilly, Antoine, Seigneur de Maxilly, Bacquencourt, Vaux et Beauvillers (1726-1789) Letters received, 1761-1790. 3 folders.
Scope and Contents

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).

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Physical Description

3 folders

Archives Nationales (France), "Documents communiqués le 15 décembre 1853 par Mr. Gorè, Archiviste; divisés en 15 dossiers et répartés dans deux cartons cotés F7 4462-4463,", 1900s. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Documents copied for Gustave Bord.

Physical Description

1 folder

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Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d' (1778-1851), "Memoires ecrits par Marie Therèse Charlotte de France,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bord, Gustave (b. 1852), "Législation des grains,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bord, Gustave (b. 1852), "Changements apportès aux noms de villes pendant la Révolution,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bord, Gustave (b. 1852), "Historical notes on the French Revolution,", 1800s. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Bord, Gustave (b. 1852), "Histoire de l'épiscopat français, 1789-1804,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bord, Gustave (b. 1852), "Un émeute à Saint Nazaire en 1791,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bord, Gustave (b. 1852), "Lendemain de Révolution,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Commonplace book on Alchemy,", circa 1600-1650. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Devaux d'Hugueville. "Instruccions générales sur le sublime Grade de Chev[alier] ?,", circa 1779-1780. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Dollez, Charles. "Itinèraire de Napoleon,", 1841. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

France, Tribunal Révolutionnaire. "Condamnations à mort prononcées par des jugements du Tribunal Révolutionnaire de Paris,", 1868. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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Prison du Luxembourg (Paris, France), "Livre d'écrou de la Prison du Luxembourg pendant la Terreur,", 1868. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "L'art Royal,", 1769-1771. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Compte de recette et dépense de L[oge] de St. Alexandre d'Ecosse a l'O[rient] de Paris,", 1787-1791. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Compte de jettons de la L[oge] de St. Alexandre d'Ecosse à l'O[rient] de Paris,", circa 1789-1793. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Compte de recette et dépense des fonds de la caisse de bienfaisance de la T[rès] R[espectable] L[oge] Ecossaise de Saint Alexandre d'Ecosse à l'O[rient] de Paris,", 1787-1791. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Troisième grade de la maçonnerie symbolique,", 1700s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Registre des travaux des Ècossois composans la cinquième classe de la très-respectable loge des amis reunis à l'Orient de Paris,", 1778-1789. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Registre des travaux des chevaliers de Rose-croix,", 1778-1790. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Koenig, [M.], "Histoire militaire,", 1900s. 3 folders.
Physical Description

3 folders

Koenig, [M.], "Tactique appliquée de cavalerie,", 1800s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Livre d'or,", 1684. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"L'art des arts, ou, le divin art des phoes,", 1700s. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Monroy, Nicolas Jacques, "Livre concernant la maçonnerie,", 1780. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Notes sur la ville de Londres,", circa 1799-1800. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Bord, Gustave. Scrapbooks on the French Revolution, 1772-1844. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

v. 1-2

Physical Description

1 box

Bord, Gustave. Scrapbooks on the French Revolution, 1772-1844. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

v. 3

Physical Description

1 box

Catholic Church, Assemblée générale du clergé de France. "Memoire pour faire voir sommairement au Roy que la maxime schismatique et heretique que l'on a prétender establis dans le plaidoyer qui fu prononcé dans le parlement de Paris le douze decembre 1664. Presenté au Roy par l' assemblée générale du clergé de France,", 1666. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Bound with "Memoire pour Mess.rs les Mes. des requestes ...," undated [probably 18th century].

v. (41 leaves)

Physical Description

1 box

1. Freemasons, Grand Orient de France, "Ètat de recette faitte pour le f. tresorieur de A[mis] R[éunis],", 1784-1792. 1 item.
Physical Description

1 item

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