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Description
[Old papers]
Flanders and Northern France, 17th and 18th centuries
A collection of 15 handwritten documents, 17th to 19th centuries, including
12 handwritten items, 1683–1734, from the aristocratic House of Pignatelli d’Egmont of the Holy Roman Empire:
Power of attorney, Brussels, 31 July 1683, signed by Ernest, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gave and of the Holy Roman Empire, with a black wax seal bearing the coat of arms
Power of attorney, 7 December 1708, signed by Procope-François, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavre (1656–1719), with a red wax seal bearing the coat of arms
2 letters, Paris, 25 June 1714 and 4 January 1715, from Nicolas Pignatelli, Duke of Bisaccia (1658–1719)
5 authorisations to sell timber, 1715–1717, signed by Nicolas Pignatelli, Duke of Bisaccia, with wax seals bearing the coat of arms
Letter from the recipient, Mons, 14 November 1734, Bailiff of Chièvres
2 letters of appointment as alderman of the town of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (Nord), on parchment, 24 February 1762 and 19 March 1765, red wax seal bearing the coat of arms of Henri Benoit Marie Clément de Sainte Marie, Duke of York and Abbot of Saint Amand
Extract from the register of the Valenciennes Assignat Verification Office, 13 Vendémiaire, Year III, bearing a superb red wax seal
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