Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859

Abstract: Correspondence and other documents signed by circa 200 members of the Académie française, 1637-1926 and undated, assembled by an unidentified collector, possibly American autograph collector Howes Norris, Jr. (1867-1938), of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Most are autograph letters, signed; other contents include literary writings, legal documents, and a few documents concerning administration of the Académie française. Many are accompanied by descriptions from vendor catalogs, engraved...

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ALS to "Monsieur."

In French.

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ALS recommending the work of a colleague, M. Monnard, a professor at the University of Bonn and historian of Switzerland. Originally sent with a sample of Monnard's work.

With an annotated engraved portrait of Tocqueville, 1877.

In French.

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ALS discussing the education and preparation of his cousin "M. de Chateaubriand" for diplomatic work.

In French.

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ALS to "Monsieur," a member of the Academie Française, regarding Tocqueville's candidacy to the Academy, with references to M. François Ancelot and Pierre Ballanche.

In French.

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ALS to "Monsieur de Bourke."

With ALS, dated Dec 14, to Madame la Comtesse de Bourke from Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.

In French.

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One ALS, dated 1844 Oct 7 on address leaf to "Monsieur Travers Secrétaire de l'académie royale à Caen," offering his support to the Academy, and two brief, undated ALS to Émile Forgues.

In French.

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Two ALS concerning publication of his works, one addressed to his publisher H. Fournier and one to an unidentified recipient.

In French.

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Two autograph manuscript letters, signed, to Sarah Austin. One letter discusses Tocqueville's opinions about Adolphe Thiers, Victor Cousin, and the French government's Commission on Secondary Education. The other letter concerns Tocqueville's willingness to assist a young man sent to him by Austin; his attempts to meet George Thomas Keppel, Earl of Albemarle; and other social matters.

Abstract: The major part of these papers consist of correspondence, business papers and memorabilia relating to Joseph Bonaparte, ex-king of Naples and Spain. These were accumulated by Louis Hypolite Mailliard who acted as secretary to Bonaparte and was later executor of his estate. Most of these papers related to the affairs of the estate, including property in Bordentown, New Jersey, where Napoleon lived in exile from 1816 to 1839. A small amount of the correspondence as well as journals kept by...

Abstract: The Yale Tocqueville Manuscripts collection contains papers of both Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont, intermixed. The papers include correspondence, personal papers, and autograph manuscripts by Tocqueville (including the autograph manuscript of De La Democratie en Amerique), Beaumont, and their families and associates, as well as autograph copies of Tocqueville and Beaumont documents by contemporary and later copyists, and photoduplicated copies of originals held elsewhere in...