1734. ALSACE. STRASBOURG. SUBSCRIPTION TO THE TENTH. "Extrac - Lot 56

1734. ALSACE. STRASBOURG. SUBSCRIPTION TO THE TENTH. "Extract from the Registers of the Council of State", held in VERSAILLES, 28 Dec. 1734. "The Inhabitants of the Province of Alsace would have made representations which would have committed His Majesty to order by Arrest... that the inhabitants or possessors of property in the Province of Alsace would be and remain exempt from the Declaration, by paying by them the sum of 675,000 livres by way of a free gift..., His Majesty orders that the subscription of the Tenth of the Province of ALSACE.... will remain reduced to the sum of 600,000 Pounds, independently of that offered separately by the City of STRASBOURG, & not including also the Goods belonging to various Clergy dependent on the Bishoprics of STRASBOURG, BASLE, SPIRE, BESANÇON, Lorraine & all others, as well as the Goods of the Order of Malta, the Teutonic Order, the Order of the Holy Spirit of Montpellier & all other Orders...". Vignette and Lettrine. Cupboard (41 x 32) State A.