CHARENTE. 4 letters from Boullaud, steward... - Lot 87 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

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CHARENTE. 4 letters from Boullaud, steward... - Lot 87 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
CHARENTE. 4 letters from Boullaud, steward of the castle of La Rochebeaucourt, addressed to its owner the marquis Alexandre de Brassac de Béarn (1771-1844), marquis de Brassac, count of Béarn, chamberlain of Napoleon. [Château de La Rochebeaucourt], year 10. 9 pp. in-4. Address on the back with postmarks "Angoulême". On the reconstruction of the castle of La Rochebeaucourt and its orangeries, destroyed in 1794 by revolutionaries of the commune. "Since 17 ventôse, three stone cutters are busy treating the Romaine of the company room; I hope to start covering the day after the holidays, then lay the Romaine and cover it with new as the masons go along, and everything will be fine. The planting is going well []. The greenery is beginning, the trees are in bloom, La Rochebeaucourt will become pleasant [] As for the orange trees of the ruined Cen Luchet, it would be great if he would make a second trip to Paris, to urge you to order me to buy them, as he did to order me to sell them to him. As for this acquisition, you cannot do it at present for several reasons: 1° lack of means 2° lack of gardeners to cultivate them, 3° lack of greenhouses to house them in winter. The entire floor of the orangery is in danger of falling down; it is supported, but the ceilings are falling from all sides, there are no doors or crossings; this is a major repair to be undertaken []. The castle has been started and must be finished, and it is as urgent as the orangery. When your orangery is ready, you will find in Bordeaux, arriving from Genoa, trees of all kinds, 6 feet high at 10# a piece []. You have thirty feet of trees here, there are ten too many that I cannot really tighten in winter [] ". He also evokes the repairs and the exploitation of the forge, his health, a lawsuit with Mrs. de Brassac-Tourville, the seizure made to the castle organized by a former lackey of the Marquis de Béarn, etc. Three notarial documents concerning the De Galland de Brassac de Béarn family (1771) are attached.
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