GAP (06) - Pierre Anne de PÉROUSSE (Vienne (38) 1699 - Gap ( - Lot 184

GAP (06) - Pierre Anne de PÉROUSSE (Vienne (38) 1699 - Gap (05) 1763, Bishop of GAP - Letter A.S. "L'Abbé DE PÉROUSE nommé à l'Évêché de GAP (06)". - VIENNE (38) October 6, 1754. 1p in-4°: "Mon cher CHEVALIER, I intended to mail my reply to you myself in LYON; but I only stayed there for a quarter of an hour, when M. De PENTHIÈVRE was passing by. M. le CARDINAL sent me immediately to OULIN (OULLINS 69) where I waited for him, and I returned here without passing through LYON. Since my return, I've led such an itinerant life that I haven't been able to write a letter. I have just arrived from the wedding of my niece Melle de MOYDIEU to the son of M. le Comte de MONTAUBAN BELLEGARDE, of DIE. I would have been very eager to live with Mr. your brother, who could have attracted you to GAP, as well as to contribute to his establishment by a Title I would have given him; the one given to him by M. De VIENNE is more within his reach; ..."