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John LAW (1671-1729) financier and banker, Controller General of Finance. L.S., Paris March 12, 1720; 2pages in-fol. Sends a declaration from the King "which orders the reduction of the price of all Species and materials of gold and silver, and which contains several other provisions on the fact of monoyes. It is important for the Service du Roy that you take the trouble to have this declaration published and posted in all the towns and parishes of your department as diligently as possible"... Attached is the printed Declaration du Roy, Pour Abolir l'usage des Especes d'Or [...] Et pour indiquer les Diminutions sur lesdites Especes [...] Pour Abolir pareillement [...] l'Usage de toutes les Especes d'Argent [...] Donné à Paris le 11 Mars 1720 (Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1720; 11p. in-4, plus title, headband engraved with the effigy of the young Louis XV).
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John LAW (1671-1729) financier and banker, Controller General of Finance. L.S., Paris March 12, 1720; 2pages in-fol. Sends a declaration from the King "which orders the reduction of the price of all Species and materials of gold and silver, and which contains several other provisions on the fact of monoyes. It is important for the Service du Roy that you take the trouble to have this declaration published and posted in all the towns and parishes of your department as diligently as possible"... Attached is the printed Declaration du Roy, Pour Abolir l'usage des Especes d'Or [...] Et pour indiquer les Diminutions sur lesdites Especes [...] Pour Abolir pareillement [...] l'Usage de toutes les Especes d'Argent [...] Donné à Paris le 11 Mars 1720 (Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1720; 11p. in-4, plus title, headband engraved with the effigy of the young Louis XV).
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