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Journal de dépense de la Mlle d'Eon et de Madame Cole 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808'
1805-1808
An extremely detailed recording of what d'Eon and Ms Cole spent every day.
Journal de dépense de la Mlle la chevalière d'Eon et de madame Marie Cole, veuve de William Cole, engine maker to the Royal Navy, depuis le 25 Février au soir 1801 [abridged] jusqu'en décembre 1804'
1801-1804
An extremely detailed account of what d'Eon and Ms Cole spent every day. Includes detailed information on prices of household goods, living expenses and food. Kept in a bue folder with 6 bound folios....
Livre journal de la dépense de Mademoiselle d'Eon de Beaumont en Angleterre et surtout à Londres, son séjour ordinaire, où elle demeure depuis la fin de 1796 avec sa compatriote Madame Marie Cole [etc.] Le 1er janvier 1807
1807-1810
Detailed account book of d'Eon's and Cole's daily expenses. Only about 40% of the pages are filled, since d'Eon died on 21 May 1810.
Letters from John Wilkes and his daughter to the Chevalière d'Eon. 1785-7
1785-1804
Letters from and to John Wilkes, Radical MP and journalist, and his daughter. Most of them are invitations or inquiries about each other's health. The file also contains other letters by Marie Cole an...
Patriotic correspondence between the citizen Grégoire honorable member of the Conservative Sénat at Paris and Mademoiselle d'Eon at London. 1802.'
1802
Drafts of sentences used in D'Eon's letter to the Abbé Grégoire on 20/12/1802. Long letter of d'Eon to the Abbé Grégoire, asking to be allowed to come back to France, with Marie Cole. Answer from ...
Index premier et second des boîtes et cartons de mademoiselle d'Eon, contenant une partie des papiers qui doivent servir aux Mémoires de sa vie, civile, militaire et politique, et de sa sortie de la légion de dragons, des volontaires, de l’armée et du corps compact diplomatique, pour entrer dans la campagne franche, etc.'
1793-1899
File gathering the titles of the files made by d'Eon, including several cards were apparently stuck on the covers of books during the 19th century. There are also inventories of d'Eon's impressive arm...