Pierre POYA DE L'HERBAY (Issoudun/ Indre 1748 - 1834) Tiers-État deputy to the 1789 Estates-General for the Bailliage of BERRY. He took the Jeu de Paume oath. Judge and Mayor of Issoudun in 1795 - Autograph letter signed in Issoudun, May 1, 1825. 1page in-4°: "I don't know if Mr. JALBERT will remember me; as for me, I remember very well that he was clerk at the Court of Cassation in the year Eight, and assuming he is still the same, I don't hesitate to ask him if I won't soon be in a position to plead before his Court..." concerning a judgment terminating the sale of real estate.

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