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Madeleine B. Stern papers related to Joseph de Nancrède

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The rare book dealer and writer Madeleine B. Stern was born July 1, 1912, in New York City, New York. She was educated at Barnard College (A.B., 1932) and Columbia University (M.A., 1934). In 1945 she began dealing rare books in a long-lasting partnership with Leona Rostenberg, and the two have collaborated on several memoirs that record their experiences in the book trade. Stern's scholarly work includes several books and numerous articles on rare books, publishing history, women's issues, nineteenth-century literature, and several biographies, including

The Life of Margaret Fuller (1942) and Louisa May Alcott (1950). Stern is a member of many bibliographic and literary associations: Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, Modern Language Association of America, American Printing History Association, Manuscript Society, Authors League of America, and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. She received a Guggenheim fellowship, 1943-45; the Medalie Award, Barnard College, 1982; and an American Printing History Association Award (with Leona Rostenberg), 1983.

"Madeleine B. Stern." Contemporary Authors Online, The Gale Group. 2002. Retrieved November 17, 2002 from http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRDictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958-1964.

The Franco-American teacher, bookseller, and publisher Paul Joseph Guérard de Nancrède was born in March 6, 1761, at Héricy, near Fontainebleau, France. He died in Paris on December 15, 1841. Nancrède first came to America as part of the French military force that fought for American independence. After settling in Boston he taught French language and literature at Harvard from 1787-1798, eventually publishing

L'Abeille Françoise, the first French textbook in America. From April through October, 1789, Nancrède published the Courier de Boston, a French language political and literary journal. In 1796 Nancrède opened a printing and booksellers shop in Boston, publishing a great number of books in French and introducing American readers to the works of Rousseau and his followers. He relocated his business to Philadelphia in 1812, but by 1825 Nancrède had returned to France, where he still occasionally published political writings and maintained his interest in Franco-American affairs.

Sterne, Madeleine B. "Joseph de Nancrède, Franco-American Bookseller-Publisher, 1761-1841." The Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America. Volume 70, 1976.

The Madeleine B. Stern Papers related to Joseph de Nancrède span the dates 1972 – 1977 and comprise one linear foot of photocopied letters, original documents, and Stern's working notes for an article on the Franco-American bookseller-publisher Joseph de Nancrède (1761-1841). The collection contains Stern's research materials, including her notes, translations, transcriptions, and photocopies of documents from libraries in Canada, France, and the United States, which she used in producing an article for

The Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America (1976, vol. 70).

The materials in the collection are divided into two series. Series I. Correspondence and Publications consists of photocopied documents either written by or directly related to Joseph de Nancrède, including correspondence, official documents (death certificate, will, and passport), the

Courier de Boston, De la Politique de l'Angleterre, and book catalogs. Many of these documents have been transcribed and in some cases translated. The copies were collected from various libraries and archives by Stern in the course of her research.

Series II. Production Materials consists of Stern's working notes, correspondence, and other materials related to the publication of her article on Nancrède. The materials in this series reveal Stern's research methods and the institutions she dealt with while researching her subject. The final manuscript is included, along with correspondence between Stern and her editor and an offprint of the published article. Additionally, most of Stern's material was alphabetically indexed and given an item number and her card index is included in the collection.

Box 1: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons

Gift of Madeleine B. Stern, 1977

Processed by Gerald Cloud, November 2002. Encoded by Jaime Margalotti, June 2021.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
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University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2021 June 24
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Collection Inventory

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Photocopied documents, correspondence, official documents, literary publications, and book catalogues.

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Collection of 71 letters and documents to, from, and about Joseph de Nancrède. Photocopies of materials in the Papineau Papers, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Correspondents include, Joel Barlow, Joseph Bonaparte, Brissot de Warville, Saint-Mery, and Timothy Pickering.

Papineau 1.
Box 1 Folder A1
Papineau 2.
Box 1 Folder A2
Papineau 3.
Box 1 Folder A3
Katherine de Nancrède Pond Collection.
Box 1 Folder B
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Copies courtesy of Professor Allen J. Barthold

Mathew Carey Collection, American Antiquarian Society.
Box 1 Folder C
Charles Roberts Autograph Letters Collection, Haverford College Library.
Box 1 Folder D
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Letters from William Cobbett (8 items)

Edmond Charles Gênet Papers, Library of Congress.
Box 1 Folder E
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Letters from Citizen Gênet

Letters to Mathew Carey.
Box 1 Folder F1
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Copies from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Letters to Josephine Dennie.
Box 1 Folder F2
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Copies from the Houghton Library

Letters to Dupont de Nemours.
Box 1 Folder F3
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Copies from Eleutherian Mills Historical Library

Letters to Genet.
Box 1 Folder F4
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Copies from Library of Congress

Letters to Corporation of Harvard College.
Box 1 Folder F5
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Copies from Harvard College

Letters to Timothy Pickering.
Box 1 Folder F6
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Copies from Massachusetts Historical Society

Letters to James Ronaldson.
Box 1 Folder F7
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Copies from National Archives (Washington, DC)

Letters to Isaiah Thomas.
Box 1 Folder F8
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Copies from American Antiquarian Society

Family letters from Public Archives of Canada.
Box 1 Folder F9
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Archives Nationales Quebec

Nancrède's death certificate and Last Will and Testament.
Box 1 Folder F10
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Copies from Archives de Paris

Nancrède's passport application.
Box 1 Folder F11
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Copy from National Archives (Washington, DC)

Correspondence Consulaire Boston,, 1793-1795.
Box 1 Folder G
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Copies from Ministère des Affaires Étrangères

Vaccine Agency in Philadelphia.
Box 1 Folder H
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Copies from National Archives (Washington, DC)

Nos. 1-9, 1789 April 23-June 18.
Box 1 Folder J1
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Photocopies of complete run of the Franco-American newspaper

Nos. 10-18, 1789 June 25-Aug 20.
Box 1 Folder J2
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Photocopies of complete run of the Franco-American newspaper

Nos. 19-26, 1789 Aug 27-Oct 15.
Box 1 Folder J3
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Photocopies of complete run of the Franco-American newspaper

Courier de la France et des Colonies, 1795 October 15- 1796 March.
Box 1 Folder L
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Microfilm of paper edited by Moreau de Saint-Mery. Microfilm located in last row of box.

De la Politique de L' Angleterre, Paris, 1825.
Box 1 Folder L
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Photocopy and microfilm from Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Microfilm located in last row of box.

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Photocopies from American Antiquarian Society and Harvard College Library

1796.
Box 1 Folder M1
1798.
Box 1 Folder M2
1803.
Box 1 Folder M3

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Working notes, correspondence, and other materials related to the publication of Stern's article on de Nancrède

Early life.
Box 1 Folder I
French teacher.
Box 1 Folder II
Courier de Boston.
Box 1 Folder III
Private life.
Box 1 Folder IV
Translations, compilations, writings.
Box 1 Folder V
Genet and Nancrède's Consular War.
Box 1 Folder VI
Bookselling.
Box 1 Folder VII
Publishing.
Box 1 Folder VIII
Paris, 1804-1812.
Box 1 Folder IX
Philadelphia, 1812-1825.
Box 1 Folder X
Last years in Paris, 1825-1841.
Box 1 Folder XI
Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville and the Franco-American Press.
Box 1 Folder XII
"Saint Pierre in America: Joseph Nancrède and Isaiah Thomas", 1974.
Box 1 Folder XIII
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Manuscript and notes for published article in

Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America. Volume 68
James Tytler.
Box 1 Folder XIV
Miscellaneous notes and documents.
Box 1 Folder XV
Miscellaneous notes and documents.
Box 1 Folder XVI
Miscellaneous notes and documents.
Box 1 Folder XVII
Miscellaneous notes and documents.
Box 1 Folder XVIII
Correspondence pertaining to publication.
Box 1 Folder XIX
Nancrède Outline.
Box 1 Folder XX
Nancrède Manuscript, undated.
Box 1 Folder XXIa
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Manuscript and galley sheets for Joseph de Nancrède, Franco-American Bookseller-Publisher, 1761-1841, by Madeleine B. Stern

Nancrède Manuscript.
Box 1 Folder XXIb
Stern, Margaret B. "Brissot de Warville and the Franco-American Press.", 1976.
Box 1 Folder XXII
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A Reprint from Studies in Bibliography: Papers of the Bibliographic Society of the University of Virginia, vol. 29: 362-372. Charlottesville: Bibliographic Society of the University of Virginia
"Joseph de Nancrède, Franco-American Bookseller-Publisher, 1761 – 1841.", 1976.
Box 1 Folder XXIII
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An Offprint from The Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America, vol. 70. Austin: Bibliographic Society of America

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