Gex
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CMV33407
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MS 38
Title:
Gex
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Incipit Diplomatic:
Je vois Monsieur, par les avis qui me viennent du pays de Gex sur le projet que le Roi a adopté de former un établissement de commerce à Nerroy dans la vüe de vivifier cette petite Province, que les avantages dont jouit la ville de Genêve, par la liberté de son commerce, et par le privilége qu’elle a detenir en transit les marchandises prohibeés dans luRoyaume, donneront toujours à cette Ville une grande supériorité sur Versei.
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Brief Summary:
Signed letter from Etienne François, duc de Choiseul to Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny, dated Versailles 21 Juin 1767. Endorsed ‘No.4723’ and with autograph postscript.
Detailed Summary:
Choiseul writes that he has heard from the Pays de Gex that the King has chosen to form a trading establishment in Nerroy in the hopes of revitalising the province. Nerroy will be given the same advantages as the city of Geneva which gives the city a great superiority over Versailles. The way to establish equality between these two places would be to separate Gex from the five large farms and to declare it to the General Farm to be a foreign country. This project, Choiseul writes, was proposed several years ago and had been approved of by Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny. Choiseul states that he has sent a copy of the draft letters patent and thinks it favourable to renew the proposal. He asks for Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny’s opinion and asks for advice on how the project could be made a success that is visibly advantageous for both the Kingdom and the Pays de Gex since it would provide a considerable amount of foreign trade.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
1 f.
Format:
Dimensions:
320 x 208 mm
Hands:
3
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Countermark:
The paper is countermarked with the letter ‘F’.
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Additional Comments:
F.1 features a slight fold line in the left-hand margin of the recto side, creating a thin flap. A number of small holes have been made along the fold line, suggesting that the manuscript was once included in a bound collection. The postscript on p.2 sparkles due to particles of drying sand having been absorbed into the ink.
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Undecorated
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A note has been added to the bottom left-hand corner of p.1 in a different hand to the body of the text reading: ‘M. de Montigny Intendent des finances’. The letter has been signed in the hand of Choiseul and a postscript in the same hand has been added beneath the signature.
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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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