Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont additional papers
Overview
Legal documents, bills and receipts of the French diplomat and spy, the Chevalier d'Eon.
Dates
- Creation: 1762-1802
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in French.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.3 linear feet (1 volume)Manuscript documents, including bills and receipts for food and books, chiefly in Tonnerre and London, and a few manuscript letters, variously addressed as La Chevalier or Le Chevalier d'Eon.
Biographical / Historical
The Chevalier d'Eon was a French diplomat and spy, who lived first as a man and later as a woman.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
45M-426 (4)-(23). Purchased with the Archibald Cary Coolidge fund; received: 1945 October 10.
Separated Materials
45M-426 (1) and 45M-426 (2) were removed to the Autograph file; see separate finding aid.
45M-426 (3) was removed to a collection of espionage papers (MS Am 1553); see separate finding aid.
- Title
- Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810. Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont additional papers, 1762-1802: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01853
Repository Details
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