Ephemera

1685 English Royal Warrant

1668 French Civil Law Document About an Army Captain’s Marriage

1681 French Financial Document with "Petit Papier" Revenue Stamp

1671 French Document from the Baronnie de Digione

1669 Proclamation from Louis XIV Pardoning Two Criminals

1668 Louis-XIV-Era Signed Legal Document

1666 French Trial Document Regarding the Will of Francois Gibert

1665 Handwritten Document Referencing the Principality of Andorra

1662 Multi-Signature French Marriage Contract

1662 Legal Document with Seven Signatures

1656 French Document Signed by the Curé de Magny and Four Others

1606 Henri IV-Era Document Handwritten in Gothic Calligraphy

1603 French Legal Judgment Made after 26 Years of Proceedings

1802 FASCINATING ORIGINAL VERY EARLY 19th CENTURY 'ALMANACK' WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES AND SOME ENIGMATIC CODED MESSAGES PERHAPS INDICATING SOME POST REVOLUTIONARY PARANOIA

1800s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS OF NUMEROUS CLASSICAL PIECES AND HIS OWN ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS

1796 SUPER, ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY ERA STAMPLESS LETTER BETWEEN HOROLOGISTS AT THE APEX OF TIME KEEPING HISTORY IN DECIMAL CALENDAR AND CLOCKS FRANCE

1795 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER RELATING TO THE IMPRISONMENT AND RELEASE OF A 68 YEAR OLD MAN FROM THE INFAMOUS AND NOTORIOUS PRISON AND LUNATIC ASYLUM 'THE BICETRE'

1795 DUBLIN TOWNSHIP ENUMERATION OF THE NUMBER OF 'BASTARD' CHILDREN, NEGRO OR MOLATTO SLAVES, THE NUMBER OF LIQUOR RETAILERS...

1793 - YEAR II - FRENCH REVOLUTION DOCUMENT CALLING UP CITIZEN TRAVERSIGNY TO DUTY IN THE NATIONAL GUARD

1786 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PRE FRENCH REVOLUTION AUDIT OF EXPENSES OF A WEALTHY NOBLE FAMILY

1775 FOLDED LINEN BACKED MAP: CARTES DES POSTES DE FRANCE, CHEZ LE ST. JAILLOT GEOGRAPHE ORDINAIRE DE ROI QUAY ET A COTE DES GRANDS AUGUSTINE

1749 SUPERB GOTHIC GERMAN LETTER OF MANUMISSION LIBERATING GEORG WILHELM SCHENK FROM THE SERVITUDE OF HIS MASTER JOHANN HEINRICH BRODER

1745 - 1789 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, LEDGER AND DIARY OF A WEALTHY LANDLORD ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA - EX LIBRIS HPK [HANS PETER KRAUS]

1722 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TITLED 'PLANS FONDAMENTEAUX' A HAND DRAWN AND HANDWRITTEN BOOK DETAILING THE STATE OF THE ART MOVING AND PARADING MASSES OF ARMED SOLDIERS INTO AND DURING BATTLE

1508 Handwritten Contract of The Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) with Coat of Arms

1822 Receipt for Taxes Paid to the city of Bourges, France

1816 Tax Arrears Warning Demonstrating Bureaucracy Following the French Revolution

19th Century Letter to French University Dean from Staff Requesting Autonomy in their Roles

1809 Proposal from a French Physician to the Ministry of Finance Requesting Funding

1818 Dr. Guesent’s Letter to Comte de Montmorency Requesting a Vacant Position at the Children’s Hospital

1957 Internal US Navy Documents Transferring a Reserve Commander to Raleigh, North Carolina

19th Century French Physician’s Notes on Remedies and Cures for Ailments of the Elderly

1819 Medical Letter from “Lunatic Asylum” Maison Royale De Charenton Stating a Criminal is Unfit to Attend Court

20 Years Worth of Personal Correspondence of a 19th Century Upper Class French Woman

1887 Pastoral Letter on the Religious Education of Young Children in Bourges, France

Letter Ordering Release of a Prisoner from the Bastille Signed by Louis XVI and Pierre Phillippeaux

1929 Handwritten Note to French Government Official

1868 Letter to French Minister of the Interior Promoting a Candidate for Appointment to the Prefect’s Committee

1832 Letter from French Shipowner Involved in the Slave Trade

1793 Governmental Decree About Processes for Divorce in France