Lot n° 128
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100 - 150
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MAUREPAS (Jean-Frédéric PHÉLYPEAUX, Comte de) 1701-1781 - Se - Lot 128
MAUREPAS (Jean-Frédéric PHÉLYPEAUX, Comte de) 1701-1781 - Secretary of State, Minister of the Navy.
Letter signed MAUREPAS addressed to Mr LE SAUVAGE - VERSAILLES (78) 25 August 1739 - 1p in-folio - "I am sending you a Placet about François MACÉ Charpentier currently in Prison in BRISTOL for debts... it is claimed that this Charpentier built a ship at Gaspée on behalf of Captain Desjardins David, his relative, and that this Captain sought the opportunity to have him detained in England with a view to not paying him for this construction. Such a manoeuvre would be very punishable..."
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