| Surname | Gautier, née Tournes, de | |
| First Name | Françoise Marie Antoinette | |
| Gender | female | |
| Place of birth | Geneva | |
| Place of death | Geneva | |
| Year of birth | 1769 | |
| Year of death | 1849 | |
| Profession | ||
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Geneva | |
| Century | 18 / 19 | |
| Biographical information |
Daughter of Jean de Tournes and Judith Rilliet. She married François Gautier (a merchant), son of Jean-Jacques Gautier and Marie-Renée Mollet. She had four children: Jean-Alfred Gautier (1793); Jean-Antoine Charles (1795); Adelaïde (1797); and Constance (1800). The diary concerns Jean-Antoine Charles Gautier, born in 1795. |
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| Title | s.t. | |
| Genre / Art |
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| Additional genre details | Journal d'éducation | |
| Period writen | 1795-1802 | |
| Period covered | 1795-1802 | |
| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | Notebook without cover, 21 x 16 cm, 36 p. (14 written pages) |
| Content | The diary records the progress and development of Charles Gautier, the second son of the writer. The mother writes and the father intervenes only once, on September 12, 1796, to report Charles' inoculation against the smallpox. The mother describes the illnesses of her son, his character and the education given to him ... Charles is seven years and three months old when his mother stops writing. The last sentence is addressed to God: the mother asks Him to bless the boy. |
| Place of deposit | AEG |
| Classification | Archives privées 62 (famille Gautier) 52 D XX f 1 |
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| Secondary litterature |
Moret Petrini, Sylvie, « La plume, objet d'affirmation de la mère-éducatrice ». in : Tosato-Rigo, Danièle (dir.), Etudes de lettres. « Appel à témoins. Egodocuments et pratiques sociales (XVIe - début XIXe siècles) », 2016, p. 87-112. |
| Other sources | Letters written by Charles for his parents, Archives privées 62 (famille Gautier) 52 D XX e 3 et e 6. |
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| Author | SMP |
