7 - MONTMORIN (Armand-Marc de). A document signed in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs, countersigned by the publisher Charles-Joseph PANCKOUCKE (Paris, November 12, 1789, 4 pp. folio) and 3 letters signed by the aforementioned Panckoucke (June 16–July 1, 1790, totaling approximately 4 pp. folio). 150/200

MONTMORIN (Armand-Marc de). A document signed in his capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs, countersigned by the publisher Charles-Joseph PANCKOUCKE (Paris, November 12, 1789, 4 pp. folio) and 3 letters signed by the aforementioned Panckoucke (June 16–July 1, 1790, totaling approximately 4 pp. folio). 150/200 AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING AND ASSISTING PANCKOUCKE IN PUBLISHING A NEW PERIODICAL, *COURRIER PATRIOTE* OR *MONITEUR UNIVERSEL*. As the concessionaire of the *Gazette de France* since before the Revolution, he faced “competition from a large number of newspapers and news publications of all kinds, which had been established thanks to freedom of the press, and many of which were appropriating the political news that had been exclusively reserved for him.” ” He therefore took the initiative to respond to this competition and obtained a favorable ruling from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which oversaw the *Gazette de France*. The *Moniteur universel* enjoyed lasting success and was published until 1901. The letters concern the management of the *Gazette de France*.