Item 28: Newspaper Clipping, “Azilum, A Colony Founded by French Refugees,” The Ithaca Journal, 1953 October 8

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 37

Staff Only

Newspaper Clipping, “Azilum, A Colony Founded by French Refugees,” The Ithaca Journal, 1953 October 8

Dates

Created: 1953 October 8

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Newspaper Clipping

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

12 ⅛ in. x 11 ⅛ in.

Title:

The Ithaca Journal, “Azilum, a Colony Founded by French Refugees”

Description:

A clipping from a newspaper with an article on Azilum, a colony in Bradford County, PA founded by French Refugees for Queen Marie Antoinette in 1793. The house was called “Le Grande Maison” and became the largest log housing in early America. The house was, of course, never occupied by Marie Antoinette, but was occupied by numerous different people throughout its existence.