[Pierre-Jean-Benjamin BROCA (1790-1877) surgeon.] 40 letters or documents concerning him or addressed to him. Certificate and 2 commissions (signed by Daru) of surgeon aide major to the armies (1815); Masonic brevet (Sainte-Foy 1808); diplomas of doctor of medicine (signed by Royer-Collard and Cuvier, 1816), of the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (1865), of the Légion d'honneur (1866), and of the Médaille de Sainte-Hélène. L.A.S. (Sainte-Foy 1857), and 23 letters to him or his family: M. Berthelot, H. Besson, Élie Broca, C.E. Brown-Séquard (4), Sadi Carnot, F. Dubois, L. Faidherbe (3), L. Figuier, Ad. Gubler, Victor Hugo, Aug. Mariette (du Caire 1870), Athénaïs J. Michelet, Quatrefages, Clémence Royer, Em. Soldi, C. von Textor, Fanny Tourgueneff, etc. Plus a few family documents, including an age dispensation by Louis XV (1745, secretary, with seal).