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Sundry letters and papers in her handwriting of various dates and on various subjects'
1763-1805
File containing a Swedish passport given to Friedrik Mollberg (7/08/1805) with wax seal. Three empty folders with some letters of and to d'Eon apparently missing. Copy of a psalm in Latin. Folder with...
Eclaircissement donné par Mademoiselle d'Eon, sur sa naissance et sa première éducation à Tonnerre et à Paris.'
c.1777
In addition to the autobiographical notes on d'Eon's education, there are notes on Beaumarchais, some ltranscribed letters, etc. They were published in the same book as BC MS d'Eon/01. Some recent res...
Résumé du prétérit imparfait de ma vie passée, qui a opéré mon retour parfait sur moi-même, & de mon âme à Dieu; à présent, je suis sur mon [jean?] de retour.'
No date
Autobiographical notes. Blue folder with two folios, one bound & the other unbound. Numbered 1-55; 1521-1530 by d'Eon.
Quatre epitres de Mlle d'Eon à Lady Robinson en 1792 à Londres'
1792
The title says four epistles, but there are only three of them in this folder. They mostly deal with d'Eon's transformation in a language dominated by Christian considerations, notably following St Au...
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....
Mémoires pour servir à la vie civile, militaire et politique du chevalier et de la chevalière d'Eon, ancien ministre plénipotentiaire de France en Angleterre etc.'
1806
Folder containing draft (28ff) of the foreword to d'Eon's Memoirs. The notes were in a relatively advanced state of completion. There are some bookmarks with notes in English. Numbered 992-999; 1101-1...
Seconde partie des Mémoires pour servir à la vie de Mlle d'Eon de Beaumont, connue jusqu'au 2 juillet 1777 sous le nom du chevalier d'Eon.'
1762-1777
Correspondence with d'Eon's mother (5-22), papers related to d'Eons Russian mission (25-171), miscellaneous papers on d'Eon's return to France (172-207; one document in English). 5 bound and several u...
Retrospect sur la conversion du mauvais garçon en bonne fille; adressé à Madame la duchesse de Montmorenci-Bouteville par Mlle d'Eon'
1778-1779
File containing reproductions of correspondence with members of the nobility after d'Eon had been forced to dress as a woman. Reproduced documents have been dated. File includes one bound folio and ma...
d'Eon's story of his (her) treatment and stay at Turner's House after his fall from his horse on Westminster Bridge
No date
File relating to the Turners, a family who helped d'Eon after the cross-dressing "secret" was revealed. Since the event did not actually happen, the long dialogues and descriptions given by d'Eon are ...
Adresse de mademoiselle d'Eon à la nation angloise en janvier 1799, etc.'
1799
Draft of a declaration by d'Eon regarding a library sale to compensate for the loss of income from a pension. In the subtitle, d'Eon mentions that the folder also contains the copy of a letter from He...
A remarkable series of original letters from the Duke of Nivernois, ex ambassador at the British court, and his secretaries, to the Chevalier d'Eon, at the critical moment of his mission to the British court'
1763
File containing 30 letters from the ambassador and his secretaries to d'Eon, written at London, Oxford, Paris, St-Maur, Ponchartrain, Calais. One letter is missing, but as the folder that contained i...
Untitled, assorted letters and manuscripts relating to d'Eon.
1763-1784
File, titled 'J. E. Hodgkin', containing five folders. Various manuscripts and letters (the file has presumably been re-ordered, at some point). File includes a copy of the Courier de l'Europe (1784),...