French miscellany

Miscellaneous letters and papers in French.1. Quittance for rental income signed by Paul Auguste Gaston de la Rochefoucaud (1675-1714), comte de Jarnac. Paris, 14 January 1711.2. Letter from Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orl?ans (1725-1785) to an unidentified correspondent, in favour of a client, M. de St Elix. Paris, 28 January 1757.3. Letter from Catherine de La Rochefoucauld de Cousage, abbess of Montmartre, to an unidentified correspondent, on the illness of a mutual acquaintance. N.p., 2 December 1760.4. Order from Antoine Claire Thibaudeau (1765-1854) to citizen Le Blanc, 'membre de la Commission Temp[oraire] des Arts', to proceed with the inventory and valuation of Lavoisier's laboratory with all speed. Paris, 17 brumaire an III [7 November 1794].5. Notice by the 'Comit?s d'Instruction Publique et des Finances' giving the new salary rates for the director, employees and students of the medical schools established by the decree of 14 frimaire. [Paris], 3 vend?miaire an IV [25 September 1795]. Signed by several members of the 'Comit? de l'Instruction Publique', including Fran?ois Xavier Lanthenas (1754-1799), Antoine Fran?ois Fourcroy (1755-1809), Jean-Fran?ois Barailon (1743-1816), Alexandre Deleyre (1726-1797), Michel-Pascal Creuz?-Dufresne (1736-1804), Antoine-Hubert Wandelaincourt (1731-1819), Luc-Fran?ois Lalande (1732-1805), Jean-Baptiste Chamborre (1761-1837), Louis-S?bastien Mercier (1740-1814), Philippe Drulhe (1754-1816), and Jacques Fran?ois Charles Monnot (1743-1825).6. Letter from Hubert Cambar?res to 'Citoyen Directeur' on a financial matter. Montpellier, 29 vent?se an VII [19 March 1799].7. Invitation from 'L'administration municipale du canton int?rieur de Riom' to the 'citoyen commissaire du directoire ex?cutif pr?s le tribunal criminel' to take part in a commemorative ceremony for the late General Barth?lemy Catherine Joubert (1769-1799). Riom, 9 vend?miaire an VIII [1 October 1799].8. Letter from Dieudonn? Dubois (1759-1804), 'pr?fet du d?partement de la Gironde', to citizen Perregaux, a banker in Paris, on a debt owed to the emigr?, Paty-Bellegarde. Bordeaux, 24 germinal an IX [13 April 1801].9. Letter from Nicolas-Louis Fran?ois de Neufch?teau (1750-1828) to [Henri] Agasse (1752-1813), publisher, covering his historical account [not present] of diplomatic relations between France and England. Paris, 3 niv?se an XII [24 December 1803].10. Letter from Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1825), 'directeur g?n?ral du Mus?e Napol?on', to M. Perr?gaux, [banker], requesting coins bearing likenesses of the emperors of Austria and Russia. Paris, 30 April 1806.11. Account of Louis Dutens (1730-1812), French expatriot author, for publication and distribution of the third edition of M?moires d'un voyageur qui se repose ; contenant des anecdotes historiques, politiques et litt?raires, relatives ? plusieurs des principaux personnages du si?cle, drawn up by Messrs Dulau et Co., Dutens's bookseller. London, 10 June 1807.12. Letter from Michel-Louis-?tienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Ang?ly (1761-1819) to [Jean-Pierre-Louis de Fontanes,1757-1821], 'grand maitre de l'universit?', on a meeting appointment. Paris, 12 June 180[8 or 9].13. Memorandum by the French vice-consul in Alexandria, on religious affairs in Egypt. Alexandria, 12 January 1811.14. Letter from Joseph J?r?me Sim?on (1749-1842) to Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy (1750-1826) congratulating him on his appointment as minister of commerce and recommending a client. Cassel [d?p. Nord], 28 January 1812.15. Deed of appointment of a certain Gericke as postmaster at Magdeburg, in the kingdom of Westphalia. Kassel, 11 August 1813. Signed by Alliey, 'inspecteur g?n?ral des postes'.16. Letter from the comtesse de la Rochefoucauld to Antoine-Marie Chamans, comte de Lavalette (1769-1830), French Director-General of Posts, in favour of a prot?g?. 25 March 1814.17. Letter from Pierre Claude Pajol (1772-1844) to a M. Molard on steam navigation, mentioning Fulton. Paris, 10 June 1816.18. Letter from Louis Fran?ois Sosth?nes, vicomte de La Rochefoucauld (1785-1864), to Charles Bretagne Marie, Duc de La Tr?moille (1764-1839), on the duke's prot?g? M. Lefeuvre. N.p., 6 June 1827.19. Letter from Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon (1783-1853) to a M. Souplet in Paris, on two former English servants. N.p., 25 ?March 1828.20. Letter from Jean Baptiste, baron de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers (1757-1834) to a French government official, 'M. le Chevalier de Cauchi', requesting a replacement passport. Paris, 2 June 1829.21. Letter from F?lix Barthe (1795-1863), French Minister of Justice, to Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-P?rigord (1754-1838), Prince de Talleyrand, French ambassador in London, introducing a lawyer, M. Mermilliod, who is visting London. Paris, 3 September 1831.22. Letter from Louis Jean Monmerqu? du Rochais (1780-1860) to Ren?-Charles Guilbert de Pixer?court (1773-1844) on bibliographic matters. Paris, 3 December 1832.23. Letter from Horace Vernet (1789-1863) to a French government official, M. Porte, requesting a passport for St Petersburg for a painter, M. Alexis, who will be accompanying him there. Paris 9 June 1836.24. Letter from Charles Louis Napol?on Achille Murat (1801-1847) to Charles Garnier in New Orleans, on financial matters. Baton Rouge, [Louisiana], 25 September 1836.25. Letter from Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de Bonald (1754-1840) to Pierre Michel Fran?ois Marie Toussaint Hersart de La Villemarqu? (1775-1843) on family matters and politics. N.p. [postmarked 'Milhau' ie Millau], 9 March [1838]. With a 20th-century English translation.26. Bulletin of the Paris prefecture of police for 12 March 1838, reporting various operational matters of the past two days and giving statistics of hotel occupancy, arrests, food prices etc. Signed by Gabriel Abraham Marguerite Delessert (1786-1858), prefect of police. A later pencil note at the top of the document reads 'Picked up in Drawing Room of Tuilleries during the Revolution Feb 1848.'27. Letter from ?mile Thomas (1822-1880) to Joseph Tagliafico (1821-1900), containing a poem, 'La vision de Belshazzar'. Paris, n.m. 184?28. Letter from Louisa Geoffroy (d.1864) to M. de Courtois, French attach? in Florence, on personal matters. N.p., n.d. [postmarked Paris 29 July 1851].29. Admission ticket to the 'Ateliers Nationaux - Femmes', for M. L?on Lamotte. N.d.30. Envelope addressed to Monsieur Warnaw, Paris. N.d.