DORDOGNE. 1697. AUBUSSON DE MIREMONT - Jean IV, D'AUBUSSON Marquis de MIREMONT, Baron de VILLAC (24), (Died in 1708), Letter signed from MIREMONT (Mauzens-et- Miremont 24) this February 5, 1697, (to the President of La Tresne). He asks him to take "an audience with a poor girl of great distinction by her merit, who is unfortunate enough to have a mother who loves her too much and does not love her at all and treats her more indignantly than I can tell you. She wants to make her a nun without her ever having had a vocation for that. He asks for her protection and justice for her. "It is about Mademoiselle de SALLEGOURDE that I speak to you. 2 pages in-8°.

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