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Vermot et Associés

144 - Louis Antoine de GONTAUT, Duc de BIRON, Marshal of France in 1757 (1701- 1788) Colonel of the French Guard Regiment. Governor and Lieutenant General of Languedoc in 1775 - Letter signed "Le Maréchal Duc de BIRON", Paris, June 13, 1775. 1 folio page, to Marshal DU MUY; He sends him a copy of a letter from M. PRIEUR Commissaire des guerres "au sujet du Sel et du Tabac que les préposés refusent de fournir aux troupes sous le prétexte qu'ils n'ont pas reçu à ce sujet aucun ordre de MM. Les Fermiers généraux. I beg you to have the goodness to give the orders you deem necessary on this occasion for the supply of these two essential items to the soldier...".

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€100 - 150

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28%

Louis Antoine de GONTAUT, Duc de BIRON, Marshal of France in 1757 (1701- 1788) Colonel of the French Guard Regiment. Governor and Lieutenant General of Languedoc in 1775 - Letter signed "Le Maréchal Duc de BIRON", Paris, June 13, 1775. 1 folio page, to Marshal DU MUY; He sends him a copy of a letter from M. PRIEUR Commissaire des guerres "au sujet du Sel et du Tabac que les préposés refusent de fournir aux troupes sous le prétexte qu'ils n'ont pas reçu à ce sujet aucun ordre de MM. Les Fermiers généraux. I beg you to have the goodness to give the orders you deem necessary on this occasion for the supply of these two essential items to the soldier...".

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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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