Count de MAUREPAS (Jean-Frédéric PHÉLYPEAUX) 1701-1781, Secr - Lot 145

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Count de MAUREPAS (Jean-Frédéric PHÉLYPEAUX) 1701-1781, Secr - Lot 145
Count de MAUREPAS (Jean-Frédéric PHÉLYPEAUX) 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 send you a Placet about François MACÉ Charpentier currently in Prison in BRISTOL for debts.... it is claimed that this Carpenter built a ship in Gaspée for the account of Captain Desjardins David, his relative, and that this Captain sought the opportunity to have him detained in England in order not to pay him for this construction. Such a manoeuvre would be very punishable..."
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