Gex
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CMV33524
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MS 34
Title:
Gex
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ay l’honneur de vous renvoyer le projet d’arrét que vous m’avéz adressé Le 18 dupresent mois pour la réunion au Bugey des territoires cédés a sa Majesté par le Traitté de Turin.
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In Voltaire’s Hand:
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Brief Summary:
Original signed letter from Jean François Joly de Fleury de La Valette to Daniel Charles de Trudaine, dated Dijon 29 xi 1760. Endorsed ‘No. 3977’, ‘Comuniqué à la ferme Générale, m’en parler sans retardement, 2 dec. 1760’ and ‘Répse. du 8 [?dece]’.
Detailed Summary:
A letter from Jean François Joly de Fleury de La Valette to Daniel Charles de Trudaine about a draft judgement which had been sent to him on the 18th of November 1760 for a meeting at Bugey. Joly de Fleury points out some small errors in the draft, such as Chezery being called a town rather than a valley, then advocates for the inclusion of the lands of Ballon [Ballon d’Alsace], seeing as it is four or five times larger than the valley of Chezery. Joly de Fleury asks not to speak of laws and customs because he lacks sufficient knowledge of them but concedes that it is necessary to discuss the reunion of territories and obtain the proper letters and patents. He says that he thinks it would be commendable to include in the preamble the memoirs and representations that have been produced for Burgey and Gex. Joly de Fleury writes then that he has attached a revised draft of the declaration and that he thinks it would be appropriate to unite the valley of Chezery with Nantua and Ballon with Seyssel. He has begun the letter halfway down p.1 indicating his respect for Daniel Charles de Trudaine.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
5 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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Additional Comments:
A series of small holes along the foldline suggest that the manuscript was once bound. There is an additional horizontal foldline, suggesting that the letter was sent folded in this manner. There appear to be remnants of a small flap, similar to those of Voltaire MS 29, MS 31, MS 32, and MS 33 on f.5.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
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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