Lamothe family papers
Contributors: Lamothe, Delphin de, 1725-1781
Language: fre
Number of pages: 800
Subjects: Politics and government; Social life and customs; Lawyers; Bishops; Families of royal descent; French poetry; France; French Folk songs; France. Parlement (Bordeaux); Catholic Church; History
Description: Correspondence, poetry and folk songs, pamphlets, and notes relating primarily to brothers Alexis de Lamothe and Delphin Lamothe, both lawyers, and to their interest in the folk songs, poetry, and customs of the Bordeaux region.  Also includes draft addresses (circa 1740-1760), some from the Parlement de Bordeaux, to bishops and various members of the French royal family.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1930.

Family residing in Bordeaux, France.

Collection material in French.

Calendar available in the Manuscript Reading Room.