Gex
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CMV33498
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MS 35
Title:
Gex
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ay l’honneur de vous renvoyer les deux Mémoires que les fermiers Generaux vous ont remis concernant la réunion faite au Royaume, de la vallée de Chezery et de la terre de Ballon, par le Traitté conclu à Turin Le 24 marrs dernier.
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Yes
Brief Summary:
Signed letter from Jean François Joly de Fleury de La Valette to Daniel Charles de Trudaine, dated Dijon 27 x 1760. Endorsed ‘No. 3977’ and ‘Communiqué à la ferme Générale, me mettre en état sans retardement de faire decider M. Le Controlleur Général sur
Detailed Summary:
Jean François Joly de Fleury writes that he is sending back two memoirs given to Daniel Charles de Trudaine by the General Farm concerning the union made between Chezery and Ballon by the Treaty of Turin. He says that he has visited these regions so that he is in a position to give his opinion—with full knowledge of the facts—on all questions that may arise from the execution of the treaty. Joly de Fleury claims that the Treaty will prevent smuggling, and this was evidenced to him when, a few days before his visit to Seyssel, they chastised an employee who boarded a boat. The remaining question, he notes, is whether the valley of Chezery should be united with Ballon [Ballon d’Alsace] or the Pays de Gex, a matter which has already given rise to numerous memoirs. Joly de Fleury has begun the letter halfway down p.1, indicating his respect for Daniel Charles de Trudaine.
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Extent:
9 ff.
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Dimensions:
320 x 203 mm
Hands:
2
Watermark:
Each of the sheets of paper is watermarked with the Lion of Orange [Willem the Stadtholder of Holland] beside the allegorical embodiment of Holland as a female figure seated and holding a spear topped with the Cap of Liberty. The pair are defending a space surrounded by a palisade. Above them are the words ‘Pro Patria’ and to the side are the initials ‘VdL’. This suggests that the paper was made by the Dutch papermaker Pieter van der Ley (1665-1765) who set up a papermill in Zaandijk, Holland in 1665.
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Along the main fold line, there are a series of small holes indicating that the manuscript had been bound at one time. There is an additional horizontal fold line across all pages. F.9 features a thin flap, similar to those of Voltaire Foundation MS 29, MS 31, MS 32, MS 33, and MS 34.
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Undecorated
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A second hand has added additional notes to p.1 providing brief details about the letter’s content and the name ‘M De Trudaine’.
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Ownership:
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872).
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Provenance:
Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) at Sotheby’s, London on 29th June 1976.
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