ROHAN (Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec, de) Prince de Guéménée - Lot 304

ROHAN (Ferdinand-Maximilien-Mériadec, de) Prince de Guéménée (1738-1813) Brother of Cardinal-Prince Louis de ROHAN - Archbishop of Bordeaux (1769); then of Cambrai (1781); Regent of the Principality of LIÈGE in 1790 - First Chaplain to the Empress JOSÉPHINE - LETTER A. S. "Ferd. de ROHAN Arch. duc. de CAMBRAI" - Bruxelles (En EXIL) le 28 octobre 1793, l'Hôtel de la Croix Blanche, rue de la Grecque - 1. S. "Ferd. de ROHAN Arch. duc de CAMBRAI" - Brussels (In EXILE) October 28, 1793, at Hôtel de la Croix Blanche, rue de la Grecque - 1p large in-8° - Addressed to M. l'Abbé DUVIVIER, Secretary of the Archbishopric of MALINES, ex-chanoine, at his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop's palace in MALINES. (Address) - fine black wax seal: "I have learned, M., in the last few days that Monseigneur le Cardinal-archevêque de Malines has just invited the churches of his Diocese to carry or have carried to the Hôtel des Monnaies any church silverware that might be found useless for divine service, or broken, or too old; the Sovereign will pay the rent, this sacrifice is for the defense of our Holy Religion and our constitutive privileges, so it is perfectly well done...".