AUDE. 1790. LUILLIER DE ROUVENAC (Adrien, baron de) born in 1729 in Rouvenac (Aude). Deputy of the Nobility to the States General of 1789 for the Seneschaussée of LIMOUX, Fervent royalist. Autograph letter signed "Baron LUILLIER ROUVENAC Deputy" to Monsieur le Comte, at the Hôtel des deux ponts rue du hazard. 26 March 1790. "The first letter which I received from the City of LIMOUX, supported by a certificate of doctor, for the purpose of requesting from you a Leave, for Mr. de St Gervais Lieutenant with the Regiment of PICARDIE, having been mislaid... I address you a second one and a new certificate..."

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