BRITTANY. Letter signed Laurent Marie Guillaume de ROQUENCOURT Sieur de KERAVEL,…

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BRITTANY. Letter signed Laurent Marie Guillaume de ROQUENCOURT Sieur de KERAVEL, owner of Château de BESSO, Commissaire aux États de Bretagne. Letter written from Château de BESSO (Le Besso in St André des Eaux, Côte d'Armor) on June 28, 1783. 4pp in-4°, to the rectors and parish priests of his parish, to have the Capitation tax imposed - "When MM. Nos Co-députés de RENNES have sent me the mandements for the twentieth, I will go to your parish to prepare the rolls, which is why I cannot inform you of the exact date of my arrival...".

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BRITTANY. Letter signed Laurent Marie Guillaume de ROQUENCOU

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