ROUSSILLON. 1742. DOUANE. TOBACCO & COFFEE of the COMPANY OF - Lot 72

ROUSSILLON. 1742. DOUANE. TOBACCO & COFFEE of the COMPANY OF INDIA. FAUX-SEL - Extract from the registers of the Sovereign Council of Roussillon - PERPIGNAN (66) 6 December 1742 "On what was represented to the King, in his Council, by Pierre LE SUEUR, under whose name the privileges of exclusive sales of Tobacco & Coffee, throughout the Kingdom, were exploited, alienated to the Compagnie des Indes; That by a decree of March 11, 1723, His Majesty would have allowed the Captains General of the United Farms, to visit the Houses of the nobles, Clerics, Bourgeois & others, to search for the FALSE-SALT without permission, by having himself and the Clerks of the farmer, a guard, or two witnesses, who will be required to sign the minutes.That this provision should be made common for the Controllers and Captains General of the Tobacco and Coffee Board,... to seize the False Salt & all goods, both smuggled and prohibited & contraband goods,...". Vignette Royale. Closet (57 x 43) State B