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Box
Title
Dawson French Laws and Decrees
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Extent
30 folders
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Material in folders 1-9 came to Cushing Library in a third three-ring binder with the handwritten spine title "Revolutionary decrees 1790s (mostly Nantes & Paris)." Material in folders 10-17 came from a binder titled "Decrees: of use for contents + id of Agen + anon. printings," with the accompanying note "contents of use + id of Agen / end-last 4 not entered (anon)." Material in folders 18-29 came from a binder titled "Decrees (mostly Rev.), Royal family, Emigration etc., Largely provincial printings." Material in folder 30 came from an unknown place in the collector's original arrangement.
36/1-9: 55 laws and decrees, 1790s.
36/10-17: 29 laws and decrees, 1790s.
36/18-29: 31 laws and decrees, 1790s.
36/30: 3 laws and decrees, 1790s.