Marbeau, Jean Baptiste Firmin (1798-1875), French philanthropist, founder at Chaillot of first foundling hospital in France

  • Marbeau, Jean Baptiste Firmin, 1798-1875
Date:
1844-1875
Reference:
MS.7253
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

5 autograph letters, signed, to various correspondents (1844-1873); invitation to Marbeau's funeral (1875); portrait of Marbeau clipped from periodical (n.d., c.1875).

Publication/Creation

1844-1875

Physical description

7 items

Contributors

Acquisition note

Purchased from Charavay, Paris, October 1928 and April 1929, and October 1931.

Finding aids

Described in typescript supplements, by Christopher Hilton and Richard Aspin, to the Library's published finding aids.

Ownership note

Formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

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Accession number

  • accs. 63700 and 64700