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Vermot et Associés

59 - Cardinal de FLEURY (André-Hercule de) Lodève, Hérault, 1653 – Paris, 1743 - Cardinal, Bishop of Fréjus from 1698 to 1715, Tutor to Louis XV, Minister of State, Superintendent of the Post Office - Letter signed “A.H., Bishop of Fréjus,” in Fréjus (VAR) September 23, 1713: “Sir, I am very sorry to be leaving Paris just as you were due to arrive there, and I was no less sorry not to have found you in MARSEILLE, where I stayed for a day with Marshal de TESSÉ... Mr. CROSAT has no doubt told you that he has not cashed the bills I have from you. That matters little to me, but since I have money to collect in Montpellier, I beg you to kindly let me know if you have left any clerk in Marseille who can provide me with bills of exchange for that city, where trade is very brisk...” 2 pages, in-8°.

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€100 - 150

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Cardinal de FLEURY (André-Hercule de) Lodève, Hérault, 1653 – Paris, 1743 - Cardinal, Bishop of Fréjus from 1698 to 1715, Tutor to Louis XV, Minister of State, Superintendent of the Post Office - Letter signed “A.H., Bishop of Fréjus,” in Fréjus (VAR) September 23, 1713: “Sir, I am very sorry to be leaving Paris just as you were due to arrive there, and I was no less sorry not to have found you in MARSEILLE, where I stayed for a day with Marshal de TESSÉ... Mr. CROSAT has no doubt told you that he has not cashed the bills I have from you. That matters little to me, but since I have money to collect in Montpellier, I beg you to kindly let me know if you have left any clerk in Marseille who can provide me with bills of exchange for that city, where trade is very brisk...” 2 pages, in-8°.

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Auction details

History & Regions of France
Tuesday, November 24
12:00 PM
5, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Vermot et Associés +33 1 71 19 42 16 info@vermotetassocies.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 220,000 lots published

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