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Local government -- France.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Grauer collection on French political, legal, economic, and social history

 Collection — Box 5: [Barcode: 31924065104519]
Identifier: 4636
Abstract

Documents, manuscripts, letters, chapbooks, engravings, photographs, drawings, offprints, and clippings providing detailed documentation of French political, legal, economic, and social history from the 16th to early 20th century, especially focussing on local government administration and civil law from ca. 1790-1810.

Dates: 1582-1930.

La Forte collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4711
Abstract

Letters, receipts, and other documents addressed to or received from officials in the Régie des poudres et salpêtres in Paris and the departments and districts of France, and saltpeter manufacturers, chiefly relating to gunpowder production. Other topics covered include Parisian politics, the state of the French economy, the shift to paper currency, and dissatisfaction among the workers.

Dates: 1784-1797.