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Charles COLBERT DE CROISSY (1629–1696), brother of the great…
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455
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Charles COLBERT DE CROISSY (1629–1696), brother of the great…
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Estimate €250 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Charles COLBERT DE CROISSY (1629–1696), brother of the great Colbert, administrator, Intendant of Amiens and Soissons in 1666. L.S., Amiens, 23 August 1666; 1 page, in-4.
Plague in Picardy. ‘The King, wishing to spare no effort to ensure your safety and prevent the spread of the plague in your town, had ordered me to seek out a person experienced in the matter of quarantine’; Colbert has appointed M. de La Cointe “to establish, under the orders of the Governor or the King’s Lieutenant and of Monsieur Nacquart [Governor of Dunkirk], all the police measures and discipline he deems necessary to halt the spread of the contagion”…
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About the sale
Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time
10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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