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RIQUETTI DE MIRABEAU Victor, marquis, known as "l'Ami des Hommes" (1715- 1789) L.A.S. "Mirabeau" Paris, April 27, 1760, continued May 2. 4 pp. in-4 (creases in 4 and light stain at head, not serious; text incomplete at end). Beautiful and important letter covering many subjects: a critique of the Ferme générale and its farmers, he also discusses the 5th part of his work l'Ami des Hommes and the affair of the Filhol farm... Running out of space, Mirabeau finishes and signs his letter in the top margin of the first page, upside down. He tells his correspondent how pleased he is to see that they have the same way of looking at the duties of lords over their lands "...to consider the very good of the lord in that of the people... I feel very well that the state of the country must be as you depict it to me...". He criticizes the distance of the fermiers généraux from the land; he knows that it is a lot to ask of the fermiers to behave like family fathers, "I very much approve of the general means you conceive"; he evokes his Mirabeau estate and the fermiers généraux' leases... "They are, in a way, entrepreneurs... they only earn money from the sale of foodstuffs". They don't live on site," he says, "and my agent has to pay constant attention both to the upkeep of the furnishings of the fourbaux and to police matters, and the situation has deteriorated over time..." but he continues, "I have not let things get out of hand and have new houses built on the Mirabeau lands, where there is more vacant space..." and he has used most of the income for this. He complains about the Roquelaure farmers and justifies his charitable spending "clothing incurables, some apprenticeships given to orphans... I think, as you do, that it will not be necessary to have a general farm in the future... but to establish large and powerful estates... and to raise the revenue for seigneurial rights in such a way that they are easy to collect. I do not lack the courage to support your views in this respect, but there are two problems to be feared: the first is the devil of exchange which is holding us back... the second is the continual shortage in which we live here, which means that we get all we can from the land...". Then, on the subject of remedies, "I have under press at present part 5 of L'ami des Hommes; this part... will give you new views on cultivation... I am working to found a universal sect and to strike the ears of the government with the noise of the word..." etc. This letter included at least one additional sheet.

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RIQUETTI DE MIRABEAU Victor, marquis, known as "l'Ami des Hommes" (1715- 1789) L.A.S. "Mirabeau" Paris, April 27, 1760, continued May 2. 4 pp. in-4 (creases in 4 and light stain at head, not serious; text incomplete at end). Beautiful and important letter covering many subjects: a critique of the Ferme générale and its farmers, he also discusses the 5th part of his work l'Ami des Hommes and the affair of the Filhol farm... Running out of space, Mirabeau finishes and signs his letter in the top margin of the first page, upside down. He tells his correspondent how pleased he is to see that they have the same way of looking at the duties of lords over their lands "...to consider the very good of the lord in that of the people... I feel very well that the state of the country must be as you depict it to me...". He criticizes the distance of the fermiers généraux from the land; he knows that it is a lot to ask of the fermiers to behave like family fathers, "I very much approve of the general means you conceive"; he evokes his Mirabeau estate and the fermiers généraux' leases... "They are, in a way, entrepreneurs... they only earn money from the sale of foodstuffs". They don't live on site," he says, "and my agent has to pay constant attention both to the upkeep of the furnishings of the fourbaux and to police matters, and the situation has deteriorated over time..." but he continues, "I have not let things get out of hand and have new houses built on the Mirabeau lands, where there is more vacant space..." and he has used most of the income for this. He complains about the Roquelaure farmers and justifies his charitable spending "clothing incurables, some apprenticeships given to orphans... I think, as you do, that it will not be necessary to have a general farm in the future... but to establish large and powerful estates... and to raise the revenue for seigneurial rights in such a way that they are easy to collect. I do not lack the courage to support your views in this respect, but there are two problems to be feared: the first is the devil of exchange which is holding us back... the second is the continual shortage in which we live here, which means that we get all we can from the land...". Then, on the subject of remedies, "I have under press at present part 5 of L'ami des Hommes; this part... will give you new views on cultivation... I am working to found a universal sect and to strike the ears of the government with the noise of the word..." etc. This letter included at least one additional sheet.

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