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Eon De Beaumont, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee D', 1728-181014
Chevalier D'Eon10
Eon De Beaumont, Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee D' (1728-1810)10
Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred9
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick7
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick (1847-1916)7
Mayer, Godefroy7
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Berthault, Pierre Gabriel (1737-1831)3
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Papers of Charles Chevalier d' Eon de Beaumont

Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d' (1728-1810)

c1690 - 1890s

Archive of Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont, known as Chevalier d'Eon. The collection includes substantial numbers of manuscripts, letters, copies of official docum...

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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...

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Permission de Louis XVI en date du 25 août 1775, fête de St Louis à d'Eon de Beaumont de rentrer dans le royaume avec sauf-conduit et sûreté de sa personne.'

1763-1796

Most of the folios are copies by Beaumont, including the inventories of the correspondence between d'Eon (as ambassador and spy in London) with the French ministers in 1763. The file includes 9 origin...

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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.

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Differentes notes pour travailler à un mémoire historique sur la première mission secrète [du?] chevalier Douglas et de Mr. d'Eon en Russie'

c.1775

File containing 11 folios describing d'Eon's secret missions in Russia (numbered 1127-1147). 20 small brief notes on his recollections of the events (n°1148-1171). The last one is the transcription o...

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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...

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Etat abregé des services militaires et politiques de Mlle Charlotte-Geneviève-Louise-Auguste-Andrée-Timothée d'Eon de Beaumont, connue jusqu'à ce jour sous le nom du chevalier d'Eon'

1756-1763

File containing reproductions of documents issued by the King and his Ministers to d'Eon after d'Eon's diplomatic services, dated between 1756-63. 60ff, not numbered.

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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...

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Multum in Parvo. Memorendum important à employer dans la vie de la chevalière d'Eon de Beaumont à Paris en 1777'

1777

File containing manuscripts notes where d'Eon explains the transformation in mystical language, frequently referencing the Bible. Numbered 1-18 by d'Eon.

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Premier choix des pièces préliminaires pour prouver l'innocence de Mademoiselle d'Eon en sa conduite & toutes les peines, & tribulations, tant en Angleterre qu'en France pour servir aux mémoires de sa vie en guerre & en paix.'

1777-1796

Blue file containing sketches related to the publication of d'Eon's Memoirs. There are several blank pages with just a title or a sentence, and a few translations in English. There is also a small pos...

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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),...

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