Super Queer History

We moved houses. Over a year later, I am getting back into working on this site. I am also building a Queer Gear Store. Check it out too!

As part of the work I’m doing on this site, we are moving to a different (and less expensive) server for hosting. As I do that I will be changing the look and feel of the site, and plan to start writing some of the articles I’ve been collecting source documents for. Currently this is an archive of information, but there is more to come.

Whenever you hear Radicals talking of….

Whenever you hear Radicals talking of….

This short piece was published in the Memphis Daily Appeal on July 16, 1876 on page 2.
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Under False Colors

Under False Colors

Printed in Memphis Avalanche on July 12, 1876.
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The Reports of the Committees of the House of Representatives, Made During the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-’66, Volume 3

The Reports of the Committees of the House of Representatives, Made During the First Session, Thirty-ninth Congress, 1865-’66, Volume 3

This volume includes the report on the Memphis Riots. Frances Thompson testified to congress during this trial, reporting on the...
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Drawing of Frances Thompson

Drawing of Frances Thompson

This is the only known image of Frances Thompson. I have found this image in various locations on the web,...
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From a late London Papers Chevalier d’Eon

From a late London Papers Chevalier d’Eon

This is a reprint of most of the article printed in The Morning Chronicle of London on May 29, 1810....
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The Chevalier d’Eon

The Chevalier d’Eon

Newspaper article from The Morning Chronicle, London, England on 29 May 1810. Page 3. This chronicle of her life was...
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A Living Example

A Living Example

An article about d'Eon de Beaumont published after fencing exhibition in Birmingham, England. Published in The Caledonian Mercury of Edinburgh,...
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Portrait of Chevalier d’Eon by Thomas Stewart

Portrait of Chevalier d’Eon by Thomas Stewart

Chevalier d'Eon by Thomas Stewart, after Jean-Laurent Mosnieroil on canvas, 179230 1/8 in. x 25 1/4 in. (765 mm x...
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Extracts from Memoirs of the Life of Mademoiselle la Chevaliere d’Eon

Extracts from Memoirs of the Life of Mademoiselle la Chevaliere d’Eon

News clipping from Aurora General Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 11 June 1791.
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False painting of d’Eon de Beaumont by Francis Haward

False painting of d’Eon de Beaumont by Francis Haward

This painting was originally published in 1788 and is taken from another print published in 1779. It could not have...
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Mademoiselle de Beaumont or The Chevalier D’Eon

Mademoiselle de Beaumont or The Chevalier D’Eon

This is a caricature showing d'Eon de Beaumont is half male and half female attire. This was a common joke...
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Le Chevalier d’Éon by Angelika Kauffmann

Le Chevalier d’Éon by Angelika Kauffmann

This is a painting that many other paintings of d'Eon are based on. It was painted probably in or about...
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Chevalier D’Eon or the Stock-Brokers Outwitted

Chevalier D’Eon or the Stock-Brokers Outwitted

By May of 1771 the London Evening Post had reported that more than £60,000 had been wagered on if d'Eon...
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The Musgrave controversy: being a collection of curious and interesting papers, on the subject of the late peace

The Musgrave controversy: being a collection of curious and interesting papers, on the subject of the late peace

Timothée S Musgrave and Chevalier D ' Eon This is a series of papers including letters between Musgrave and d'Eon....
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Lettres, mémoires et négociations particulières du chevalier d’Eon

Lettres, mémoires et négociations particulières du chevalier d’Eon

After d'Eon de Beaumont was unceremoniously pushed out of his position, he published a collection of documents he had collected...
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Essai historique

Essai historique

Essai historique sur les différentes situations de la France par rapport aux finances, sous le règne de Louis XIV &...
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