153 - Various historical documents:

Various historical documents: Th BROCHARD, Commissioner of the King. 1-Handwritten note signed by Brochard, dated March 10, 1814, in Auvernaux. Police report with an inventory of the “(…) statement by the widow Colleau (…)” following a robbery and looting by French troops. 1 p., in-4; good condition. [PRIVATEER] 2-Short, undated, anonymous handwritten note (early 19th century). “The privateer La Belonne of Bordeaux* (…) owned by shipowner J. Comte captured the English ship La Minerve en route to Spain, 6 leagues from here, which was??? loaded with (followed by 4 lines of inventory, including bales of coffee and cotton). Dimensions: 7.7 x 11 cm; fine copy. * A privateer ship outfitted in Bordeaux associated with the prominent shipowner Jacques Comte (of the same city); it distinguished itself on August 13, 1804, by capturing, through boarding, the powerful British vessel Lord Nelson, owned by the East India Company. 3-Printed notice announcing, for the 19th of Messidor, Year 6 [July 7, 1798], the “Market Days of Annonay, reduced to three per ten-day period (…) Namely: Primedi, Quartidi, Nonidi.” Dimensions: 19.5 x 28 cm; fine copy. 4-Printed permit to carry weapons, bearing the coat of arms of Philippe-Henry, Marquis de Ségur, authorizing Charles-François Voillard, attorney at the Parliament (…). To keep a rifle in his home and carry it in the countryside, provided he does not use it for hunting. Issued in Besançon on August 10, 1776. Signatures (that of the marquis; the other unknown). Dimensions: 36 x 23.5 cm. Excellent condition. 5-Receipt for taxes on sludge and lanterns for houses, buildings, shops, gardens, and lots in Paris. Palais Royal district. Receipt (on pre-printed vellum, completed by hand) for 396 livres, dated May 2, 1760. Authorization thereby granted to Mr. Chindre for the maintenance of public lanterns and pumps and the cleaning of the streets. Signature of the Keeper of the Royal Treasury, “Savalete” [Charles Savalette de Magnanville]. Registered in 1761 (Recto). Dimensions: 23.3 x 29 cm; fine example.