Monnet Notebook
Scope and Contents
The Monnet Notebook is a 132-page handwritten notebook, "Amplification sur les quatre âges de la vie." It includes discourses, verbal portraits, and poems. On front flyleaf: "Note. Ce cahier l'extraits est de deux l'eritares: 1o. Trois quarts sout ecrits por le General Monnet ... mort ... en juin 1819. 2o. Un quart est ecrit par le Commandant Monnet ... fut fusillés à Mortagne, en avril ou mai 1793. Paris 27 juillet 1864." Louis Claude Monnet and Louis Marie Benjamin Monnet were brothers who fought in the Wars of the Vendée, a counter-revolutionary insurrection that took place during the French Revolution.
Dates
- Creation: ca. 1790-1819
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Louis Claude Monnet was a general, notable for his failure to prevent the landing of the Walcheren expedition. His brother Louis Marie Benjamin was a commandant. They both fought in the the Wars of the Vendée.
Full Extent
0.20 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
French
Latin
Abstract
Handwritten notebook, in French, by General Louis Claude Monnet de Lorbeau and Commandant Louis Marie Benjamin Monnet de Lorbeau.
Processing Information
Collection previously processed and described with a collection-level MARC record. Finding aid created by Becky Spiro, 2025.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Monnet Notebook
- Date
- 2025-12-19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
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