86 - [Documents]

[Documents] 1—Letter signed by the Duke of Chaulnes, addressed to the Chevalier de Vilpail, dated January 18, 1748, from Paris. 1 folio page; address on the front (with a red wax seal). Requests that the Chevalier de Vilpail travel to Versailles “with a proper escort of arms and horses.” Good copy (framed under glass); dimensions (letter only): 31 x 20 cm. 2-Official report (dated Floréal, Year 12, around 5:00 p.m.) documenting the arrest of a man named (???) Mayart (or Magart) without a passport. A handwritten account by Pierre Bouillon, a non-commissioned officer of the infantry stationed in Connerré, and Lefevre, a mounted gendarme, detailing the arrest of the aforementioned Mayard (a native of Mortagne) for failure to pay “(…) at the widow Bauvais’s tavern in the said Connerré (…)”. 1 page, in-4 format, signed by both. A fine framed copy; dimensions (letter alone): 31 x 19 cm. 3-Map of France showing tax districts. Map drawn up by the royal administration in 1732 (no date on the document) to depict the “traites,” that is, the zones with special tax statuses regarding customs barriers. Map of France with legends highlighted in watercolor. Traces of creases, but nonetheless a fine copy (framed under glass); dimensions (map only): 36 x 28 cm.