04650mpd  2200637 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040001900112245007200131300001500203520128200218520048101500533004001981546004002021500005602061580008102117500033102198651004402529651004802573651006202621651005402683651004002737651002702777651003102804651003202835651003202867650003002899650002902929650001302958650002702971655004602998655004303044710003503087710005903122710005803181710003703239710003703276710003403313710003203347710003003379700003403409700003803443700006203481700003203543700003003575700004503605700008003650700003303730700003803763700004903801710006803850773007303918905002103991209629219950411120000.0910809i17881799nyu                 fre d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV91A474  a(NIC)notisAKT5048  aNICcNICeappm00aFrench Revolution government and political manuscripts,f1788-1799.  a229 items.  aManuscript documents and correspondence, mainly government documents, including 6 v. of bound manuscripts, concerning the administration of the French government at the national level, the "département" level, and the local level throughout the Revolution, with several documents concerning political and economic conditions in 1788 which contributed to the revolt. Focussed mainly on the national level, the collection contains many documents issued by the National Convention of 1792-1795, as well as some by the Constituent Assembly and a few by the Legislative Assembly. Also included is official correspondence of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Finance, and other government bodies, including the Council of Five Hundred and the Executive Directory during the Directory of 1795-1799. Documents include minutes of meetings, responses to petitions by needy individuals, discussion of the disposal of the property of émigrés, orders for the arrest or release of individuals under suspicion, and instructions on financial matters. Also included are pre-Revolutionary documents, such as proceedings of the Parlements of Paris and Pau, reports of unrest in various parts of France, and complaints to Louis XVI from the nobles of Brittany and the three estates of the Dauphiné.  bAlso included are a 1789 letter by Brissot de Warville expressing his views on slavery, and a contemporary Italian translation of the Testament of Louis XVI. On the local level, the collection contains many documents concerning Paris, including decrees of mayors Jean-Sylvain Bailly and Jérôme Pétion, and on Toulon. Correspondents include, in addition to those named above, Gracchus Babeuf, Lazare Carnot, Jacques Necker, Emmanuel Joseph Sièyes, Roger Ducos, and many others.  3Some items areahandwritten copies.  aMainly French; one item in Italian.  aMany items have significant allegorical letterhead.  aForms part of the Manuscripts component of the French Revolution Collection.  aRelated collections at Cornell include the Lafayette, Maurepas, Ben Grauer, and Charles X Collections, and the Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Newspapers, and Books components of the French Revolution Collection, in the Department of Rare Books, and the Lavoisier Collection and La Forte Archive in the History of Science Collections. 0aFrancexHistoryyRevolution, 1789-1799. 0aFrancexPolitics and governmenty1789-1799. 0aFrancexHistoryyRevolution, 1789-1799xEconomic aspects. 0aFrancexHistoryyRevolution, 1789-1799xRefugees. 0aParis (France)xHistoryy1789-1799. 0aPau (France)xHistory. 0aFrance, SouthernxHistory. 0aBrittany (France)xHistory. 0aDauphiné (France)xHistory. 0aLocal governmentzFrance. 0aFinance, PubliczFrance. 0aSlavery. 0aAbolitionistszFrance. 7aLetterheadszFrancey18th century.2gmgpc 7aLetterheadszFrancey1788-1799.2gmgpc1 aFrance.bConvention nationale.1 aFrance.bAssemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791).1 aFrance.bAssemblée nationale législative (1791-1792).1 aFrance.bMinistère de la guerre.1 aFrance.bMinistère des finances.1 aFrance.bDirectoire exécutif.1 aFrance.bParlement (Paris).1 aFrance.bParlement (Pau).1 aBabeuf, Gracchus,d1760-1797.1 aBailly, Jean Sylvain,d1736-1793.1 aBrissot de Warville, J.-P.q(Jacques-Pierre),d1754-1793.1 aCarnot, Lazare,d1753-1823.1 aDucos, Roger,d1747-1816.0 aLouisbXVI,cKing of France,d1754-1793.0 aLouisbXVI,cKing of France,d1754-1793.tTestament de Louis XVI.lItalian.1 aNecker, Jacques,d1732-1804.1 aPétion, J.q(Jérôme),d1756-1794.1 aSièyes, Emmanuel Joseph,ccomte,d1748-1836.1 aFrance.bCorps législatif (1795-1814).bConseil des cinq-cents.0 7nnbctFrench Revolution manuscript collection.w(CStRLIN)NYCV91-A467  a19950411120000.0