Paris (France) -- Politics and government.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4611
Abstract
The Lafayette Collection contains materials by, to or about Lafayette and his family, with family documents extending back to 1245 and through the death of Georges Washington Lafayette in 1849. The series "Medals and Coins" covers a century and a half, up to 1931. The collection includes the oldest existing letter from Lafayette (1772), long missives he sent to his wife from America during the Revolution, other letters he wrote while imprisoned in Austria (1792-1797) and during his 1824-5...
Dates:
1520-1973.
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.