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Azilum for Marie Antoinette by Waldo Carlton Wright
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 162.E214
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Waldo Carlton.
- Series:
- Early American life ; v. 12, no. 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political refugees--Penn--Asylum--History.
- Political refugees.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Refugees.
- France.
- Pennsylvania--Bradford Co--Asylum--History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- p. 54-60 : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Contained In:
- Early American life. Vol. 12, no. 1 (Feb. 1981).
- Place of Publication:
- [Harrisburg, PA : Early American Society], 1981.
- Summary:
- Asylum was founded during the French Revolution in 1793 in Bradford County, Pa., by aristocratic French refugees as an asylum for themselves and for Queen Marie Antoinette, who was unable to arrive. In 1802 Napoleon I invited them to return to France, and most immediately did.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- OCLC:
- 36677830
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