167 - Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727–1781).
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Estimate €250 - €300

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Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727–1781). L.S., Fontainebleau, 30 October 1774, to Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Chartres (1753–1821, wife of the future Philippe-Égalité); 2 folio pages (water-stained). He has just granted His Highness’s protégé, S. Benezet, a share in the new administration of the estates: ‘I would indeed have wished it to be more substantial, but the arrangements that had already been made left me with only this single share of the interest over which I had any discretion: Mr de Beaumont, Intendant of Finances, will inform Mr Benezet of the details relating to this arrangement, and of the funds he will be required to provide; I beg Your Highness to be assured that I shall always seize upon every opportunity to demonstrate my zeal to him with the greatest eagerness’…

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167 - Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727–1781). See original version (French)

167 - Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727–1781).
See original version (French)