VILLOT-FRÉVILLE. Papers of Jean Baptiste Maximilien VILLOT DE FRÉVILLE (Paris 1773 - 1847), Baron de FRÉVILLE, Conseiller du Roy, Préfet, Membre du Tribunat, Pair de France. Set of 11 Letters and Pieces concerning him: Signed letters from MONTALIVET, Minister of the Interior, notifying him of his appointment to the Prefecture of Jemmapes, August 14, 1810; L.A.S. LAUMOND Préfet du Bas-Rhin, as President of the Société libre des Sciences et Arts de Strasbourg; BOREL DE BRÉTIZEL; Baronne d'ACHÈRES, L.A.S. Le Baron de FRÉVILLE, Strasbourg 1812, L.S. MARTIGNAC Ministre, Paris 1827; Copy of a letter from Abbé de Montesquiou, Paris 1816, signed "Villot de Fréville". Copy of letters addressed to the Comte de CORVETTO; Manuscript for a biographical article, Notes

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