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FOUCHER D'OBSONVILLE (Charles). Manuscript archives of the traveller, naturalist and writer Foucher d'Obsonville (c. 1739-1802): a manuscript document with apostille and autograph signature dated 9 September 1775 (certificate of service), a handwritten certificate from a colonel of infantry in favour of Foucher d'Obsonville dated March 7, 1778 ("since the resumption of possession of the Nation's establishments in India in 1765[...I certify that I am aware that the King's Commissioner first charged Sr. d'Obsonville with various objects relating to this part in the interior of Pondicherry; that since then the said Sr. has been on business and with credentials before the King of Achem in the Isle of Sumatra of Nisâm-Aly [...] finally that on all occasions Sr. d'Obsonville has responded perfectly to the trust with which he has been honoured [...]"), 1 p. ½ in-folio a handwritten document of the secretary of the society of agricultutre, sciences and arts of Seine-et-Marne in Meaux, 4 prairial in 9, 1 p. in-4 (thanks for a painting) Manuscript copy of a letter written to the Duke of Praslin by M. Thomas consul of France, Aleppo, April 26, 1762, 2 pp. ½ in-folio about Foucher d'Obsonville's mission in Tehran, and the rumor of his death. certificate of good and loyal services for Foucher d'Obsonville, Paris, 21 September 1775 from an officer under whose orders he served in India, 1 p. in-8 oblong credence of Le Brun for Foucher d'Obsonville, ½ p. in-folio permission granted to Foucher d'Obsonville, for one year, 8 August 1772, 1 p. in-folio L.AS. of M. de Vilevaut, former Commissaire du Roy, Paris, 10 May 1775, 2 pp. in-4 handwritten copies of certificates of service from General de Lauriston and the Director of the Compagnie des Indes, for Foucher d'Obsonville, 1776 and 1779, 4 pp. in-folio counting of the inventory of Foucher d'Obsonville, and account with his estate, 7 pp. folio certificate of service for Foucher d'Obsonville, January 7, 1760, 1 p. in-8 oblong certificate of services for Foucher d'Obsonville, Paris, March 3, 1775, 2 pp. in-folio Son of a lieutenant in the bailliage of Montargis, he entered the service at the age of twenty and embarked for the East Indies. There he showed some ability, both as a soldier and as a negotiator with the native chiefs in Pondicherry. He returned to France and put in order the notes he had collected, which presented some curious remarks. They were not published in their entirety although they contained valuable information. Among his main works, let us retain his "Philosophical essays on the manners of various foreign animals", published at the request of Buffon and summarizing the natural history, the manners and uses of the people he visited. He composed other works during the Revolution and died anonymously. A man named Carengeot, secretary of the Agricultural Society of the department of Seine-et-Marne, has given a notice on Foucher d'Obsonville (Meaux, 1805, in-8).
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FOUCHER D'OBSONVILLE (Charles). Manuscript archives of the traveller, naturalist and writer Foucher d'Obsonville (c. 1739-1802): a manuscript document with apostille and autograph signature dated 9 September 1775 (certificate of service), a handwritten certificate from a colonel of infantry in favour of Foucher d'Obsonville dated March 7, 1778 ("since the resumption of possession of the Nation's establishments in India in 1765[...I certify that I am aware that the King's Commissioner first charged Sr. d'Obsonville with various objects relating to this part in the interior of Pondicherry; that since then the said Sr. has been on business and with credentials before the King of Achem in the Isle of Sumatra of Nisâm-Aly [...] finally that on all occasions Sr. d'Obsonville has responded perfectly to the trust with which he has been honoured [...]"), 1 p. ½ in-folio a handwritten document of the secretary of the society of agricultutre, sciences and arts of Seine-et-Marne in Meaux, 4 prairial in 9, 1 p. in-4 (thanks for a painting) Manuscript copy of a letter written to the Duke of Praslin by M. Thomas consul of France, Aleppo, April 26, 1762, 2 pp. ½ in-folio about Foucher d'Obsonville's mission in Tehran, and the rumor of his death. certificate of good and loyal services for Foucher d'Obsonville, Paris, 21 September 1775 from an officer under whose orders he served in India, 1 p. in-8 oblong credence of Le Brun for Foucher d'Obsonville, ½ p. in-folio permission granted to Foucher d'Obsonville, for one year, 8 August 1772, 1 p. in-folio L.AS. of M. de Vilevaut, former Commissaire du Roy, Paris, 10 May 1775, 2 pp. in-4 handwritten copies of certificates of service from General de Lauriston and the Director of the Compagnie des Indes, for Foucher d'Obsonville, 1776 and 1779, 4 pp. in-folio counting of the inventory of Foucher d'Obsonville, and account with his estate, 7 pp. folio certificate of service for Foucher d'Obsonville, January 7, 1760, 1 p. in-8 oblong certificate of services for Foucher d'Obsonville, Paris, March 3, 1775, 2 pp. in-folio Son of a lieutenant in the bailliage of Montargis, he entered the service at the age of twenty and embarked for the East Indies. There he showed some ability, both as a soldier and as a negotiator with the native chiefs in Pondicherry. He returned to France and put in order the notes he had collected, which presented some curious remarks. They were not published in their entirety although they contained valuable information. Among his main works, let us retain his "Philosophical essays on the manners of various foreign animals", published at the request of Buffon and summarizing the natural history, the manners and uses of the people he visited. He composed other works during the Revolution and died anonymously. A man named Carengeot, secretary of the Agricultural Society of the department of Seine-et-Marne, has given a notice on Foucher d'Obsonville (Meaux, 1805, in-8).
