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  • Historical study of Val-Richer Abbey, by Gustave Dupont.
    Some time ago, I collected a few notes on the old Val-Richer abbey, founded in the twelfth century by Saint Bernard and since 1836 the favourite residence of an illustrious contemporary. In publishing them today, I am responding to personal memories and, above all, to the need to occupy my mind. […]
  • My family, by Cornelis de Witt
    In the following pages, I have grouped together a few recollections relating to my parents, both from the point of view of their family and intimate life and the role they played, during the second half of the nineteenth century, in the general life of the country. If I have included in this account a few details relating to my own life, it is because they are linked to the history of a cause whose success my ancestors had taught me would hasten the recovery of France, and of a Prince, the representative of this cause, to whom, with the respect he inspired and with all my heart, I offered my ardent devotion.. […]
  • Law of 1833 on public education by François Guizot
  • Guizot circular of 4 July 1833 for the application of the law
  • Report by François Guizot to King Louis-Philippe on the publication of a General Manual of Primary Education