Gex
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CMV33482
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MS 37
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Gex
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Incipit Diplomatic:
J’ai eû l’honneur, Monsieur, devous demander votre avis dans le mois de Juin dernier sur le projet de désunir le pays de Gex des cinq grosses fermes, eny établissant seulement le sel forcé.
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Brief Summary:
Signed letter from Etienne François, duc de Choiseul to Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny, dated Versailles 26 xi 1767. Endorsed ‘No.7345’ and ‘Répondu à M. le Duc de Choiseul le 6 xbre 1767 en lui enveyant copie des lettres patentes projettées à l’occasion de la disunion du Pays de Gex’.
Detailed Summary:
Etienne François writes that he had had the honour of asking Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny for his opinion in June on the plan to separate Gex from the five large farms. He is impatient for his response because the Director of the farms of Belley has put an inhabitant on trial which may hinder the removal of the privileges of this province and which may be detrimental to the views that it is to be repopulated and revitalised. He therefore askes again for clarifications from Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny.
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Physical Description
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Extent:
2 ff.
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317 x 205 mm
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2
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The paper is watermarked with a crest and indistinguishable text accompanied by a crown.
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There are a number of small holes along the fold line suggesting that the manuscript once formed part of a bound collection.
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Undecorated
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A marginal note outlining in brief the content of the letter has been added in the top left-hand corner of p.1. An additional note has been added in the bottom right-hand corner of p.1 reading: ‘M. de Trudaine de Montigny Intendent des finances’.
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Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt. (1792-1872).
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Bought at auction by Theodore Besterman (1904-1976) at Sotheby’s, London on 29th June 1976.
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