ALSACE. POWDER SEIZURE. PLACARD. Avis de François-Marie GAYO - Lot 149

ALSACE. POWDER SEIZURE. PLACARD. Avis de François-Marie GAYOT, Conseiller du Roi, Commissaire Provincial des guerres, Ordonnateur et Subdélégué général de l'Intendance d'ALSACE. Done at STRASBOURG on July 4, 1750. We have declared the 29 pounds of powder seized, acquired and confiscated in favor of the Adjudicataire Général des Poudres Salpêtres de France for the contravention committed by Nicolas HANTZER, a COLMAR boatman (who transported the barrel of powder from Strasbourg to Colmar), and have condemned him to a fine of 300 pounds with costs... and that Guillaume SCHMITT, a bourgeois merchant from STRASBOURG, will be obliged to carry it even...". Royal Vignette. Cupboard (43 x 34) Condition B.