BORDEAUX - LOUIS XV (1710-1774, King of France and Navarre) - Lot 112

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BORDEAUX - LOUIS XV (1710-1774, King of France and Navarre) - Lot 112
BORDEAUX - LOUIS XV (1710-1774, King of France and Navarre) / Letters of retention of office on vellum (52.5 x 32.5 cm) signed "Louis" (Secretary of the Hand) and countersigned by Louis Phélypeaux, Secretary of State of the King's Household, given at Versailles on April 26, 1745, dry seal under paper : Following the resignation of Claude Thaurin, King Louis XV retains in the charge of "Porte Caban de nos Ecuries" Etienne Féger, on the favorable report which was made of his "affection to our Service", after he was appeared "of good life and morals and Catholic religion, apostolic and Roman religion", after having received from him "the price" and "the oath in such case required and accustomed" [The "Porte Caban" or "Porte Cabine" was in charge of bringing what was necessary to the King to face the rain when he was hunting, From a family of notables from Bordeaux, ship-owners and merchants who became rich in the triangular trade, Etienne Féger held this position from 1745 to 1769]. - On the left margin is the certificate of the oath taken by Etienne Féger on July 8, 1745 in Bordeaux at the Château Trompette - On the back, a visa signed by Antoine-Charles Lorinier, Squire Intendant General of the King's Stables in Paris
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