Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
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[LOUIS XV]: (1710-1774) King of France 1715-74. Manuscript document issued in the name of King Louis XV and bearing a secretarial signature ('Louis'), one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Paris, 4th May 1720, in French. The document gives orders for, in part, 'Provisions de Capitaine de la Capitainerie du Havre pour le S. de Cauville.....[charge entre autres de]......faire faire le Guet et Garde pour empecher les descentes et desseins d'Ennemis et Pirattes' (Translation: 'Captain's provisions of the Harbour Master's office at Le Havre for the S. de Cauville…..[responsible for, amongst other matters]……having the Watch and Guard made to prevent the raids and designs of enemies and pirates'). With contemporary endorsements to the verso countersigned by Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon (1678-1737) Count of Toulouse, Grand Admiral of France, the son of King Louis XIV and his mistress Francoise-Athenais, Marquise de Montespan, Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville (1661-1728) French politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1716 and as Secretary of State for the Navy from 1718-22, and several others. Some light damp staining and a few other minor faults, G