Title: Ancien regime in turmoil?
Description: "Microfilm collection of original manuscript sources from the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, England.  Seven of the nine reels reproduce the 'Gazette Manuscrite', a manuscript newsletter sent weekly from Paris to Rennes, 1775-1793.  Also includes manuscripts from the Comite Revolutionnaire as well as miscellaneous literary collections.  Topics include trade and commerce, French provincial life and society (especially Brittany), mercantilism, and revolutionary events.  Literary documents include epitaphs, verse, satire, and letters.  Primary towns include Paris, Brest, Lorient, Nantes, Lesneven, Paimboeuf, Bayonne, and St. Malo"--The Library of Congress Guide to the Microform Collections in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, online version.
Subjects: Commerce, History, Sources, Politics and government, Social life and customs
Places: France
Time periods: 18th century, 1589-1789, 1789-1799