John Hinsdale Scheide Collection of Three Centuries of French History

Scheide, John Hinsdale (1875-1942)

John Hinsdale Scheide (Princeton Class of 1896) was an American businessman and collector.

This collection consists of 386 letters and documents of royalty, nobility, statesmen, and other celebrities of France, from the reign of Louis XII to the commencement of the French Revolution. It is comprised of examples of the most famous names of three centuries of French history, including Louis XII, Francis I, Henri II, Catherine de Medicis, Francis II, Charles IX, Henri III, Duc de Guise, Henri IV and his wives, Clement VIII, Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIV and his wife Marie Thérèse, Marquise de Maintenon, Jean Baptiste Rousseau, Marquise de Sévigné, Cardinal Mazarin, Duc d'Orleans, Louis XV, his wife and daughters, Marquise de Pompadour, Comtesse du Barry, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Cardinal Fleury, Chevalier D'Éon, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Princesse de Lamballe, Charles X, Louis XVI, Jacques Necker, Mirabeau, and Lafayette.

Arranged in 10 bound volumes in roughly chronological order.

John Hinsdale Scheide purchased the collection from Maggs Bros Ltd. Maggs had acquired it from Sotheby's (London) in 1938; Sotheby's described the collection as being the "property of a lady."

Gift of William H. Scheide (Princeton Class of 1936) in honor of his father, John Hinsdale Scheide (Princeton Class of 1896).

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This collection was processed by Mia Kim and Dana Simmons in 1992. Finding aid written by Mia Kim and Dana Simmons in 1992.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Hinsdale Scheide Collection of Three Centuries of French History, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Publisher

Manuscripts Division

Finding aids author

Mia Kim; Dana Simmons

Date

1992

Creator

Scheide, John Hinsdale (1875-1942)

Subject

Autographs -- France -- Collections

Royal houses -- France -- History -- Sources

Statesmen -- France -- Autographs

Nobility -- France -- Autographs

Place

France -- History -- Bourbons, 1589-1789 -- Sources

France -- History -- 16th century -- Sources

France -- History -- 17th century -- Sources

France -- History -- 18th century -- Sources

France -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

France -- Kings and rulers -- Autographs

Language

French