| Surname | Meyn | |
| First Name | Jean-Abraham | |
| Gender | male | |
| Place of birth | Holland | |
| Place of death | ||
| Year of birth | 1744 | |
| Year of death | 1828 | |
| Profession | Serviceman | |
| Religion | Protestant | |
| Place(s) of activity | Lausanne | |
| Century | 19 | |
| Biographical information | Son of Jan Meyn, Baron of Spanbrock, and Amélie van Notten. He bought the seigneury of Vennes in 1775 and became a bourgeois of Lausanne. He is married to Elisabeth Dunant. Their daughter, Marie de Meyn (1785-1852) married Henri-Antoine de Crousaz with whom she had three sons: Henri-Meyn (1805), Paul-Emile (1806) and Fédor (1809). | |
| Title | Pour Ma fille Jeanne Marie Elizabeth Meyn L'an 1800 | |
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| Additional genre details | Book of precepts | |
| Period writen | 1800 | |
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| Format / Language | Autograph, French | |
| Physical description | Sheets with cardboard cover, 22 x 36 cm, 5 pages |
| Content | The father gives his daughter his recommendations. He endeavours to demonstrate the principles that should guide his daughter's behaviour in society and the dangers to which her "entry into the world" will expose her. He stresses the importance of behaving in the fear of God. |
| Place of deposit | BCUL |
| Classification | Fonds de Crousaz, IS 1997 XII H |
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| Transcription |
For my daughter Jeanne Marie Elizabeth Meyn |
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| Author | SMP |
