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Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (born c. 1754)

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Grace Elliott

Scottish socialite, courtesan and memoirist

Grace Dalrymple Elliott was a Scottish courtesan, writer and spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution. She was an eyewitness to events detailed in her memoirs, Journal of my life during the French Revolution published posthumously in 1859. She was mistress, first to…
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May 16

Day of the year

May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
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