Charles-Louis Chassin (1831–1901) was a French historian who edited the definitive documentary collection on the
War in the Vendée
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.
Chassin viewed the
French Revolution favourably, declaring that the Revolution's centenary demonstrated "the legitimacy of the demands of our fathers".
[ Richard Bernstein,]
The French Revolution: Right or Wrong?
, ''The New York Times'' (10 July 1988).
Upon hearing the news of
Abraham Lincoln
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's
assassination
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Assassinations are orde ...
, Chassin wrote a letter to the ''Phare de la Loire'' raising the idea of a memorial medal in Lincoln's honour, which would be sent to
Mary Todd Lincoln
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.
[Gabor S. Boritt, Mark E. Neely, Jr. and Harold Holzer, 'The European Image of Abraham Lincoln', ''Winterthur Portfolio'' Vol. 21, No. 2/3 (Summer - Autumn, 1986), p. 161.] This was to be funded by a subscription of ten centimes and it eventually amassed 40,000 signatures (including those of
Victor Hugo
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His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
,
Jules Michelet
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and
Louis Blanc
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).
Works
*''Les Elections et les cahiers de Paris en 1789: Documents recueillis, mis en order at annotés'' (Paris, 1888–89), 4 volumes.
*''La Préparation de la guerre de Vendée'' (Paris, 1892), 3 volumes.
*''Les Pacifications de l'Ouest, 1794-1801'' (Paris, 1896–99), 3 volumes.
See also
*
Battle of Redon (1815)
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1831 births
1901 deaths
19th-century French historians