COLBERT Jean-Baptiste [Reims, 1619 - Paris, 1683], French statesman. Signed letter. January 26, 1664; 1 page in-4°. "I beg M. Godefroy to check what I have in my library of the acts of the marriage of the Queen mother [] so that if he has any that I do not have, he will provide me [] with copies. And even if there is the same affair in the treasury of the charters that he and I do not have, I ask him I would like him to make copies for me as soon as possible. Colbert. »

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