INDRE-ET-LOIRE. - Duke and Duchess of CHOISEUL.... - Lot 112 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

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INDRE-ET-LOIRE. - Duke and Duchess of CHOISEUL.... - Lot 112 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay
INDRE-ET-LOIRE. - Duke and Duchess of CHOISEUL. 7 letters written from the castle of Chanteloup [a magnificent castle in the Loire valley, acquired by Choiseul who transformed it considerably from 1761. He retired there in 1770 after his disgrace. It was destroyed in 1823; all that remains today is the pagoda and its park]. 1771-1778. 1 letter from the duke of Choiseul and 6 from his wife the duchess [Louise-Honorine Crozat du Châtel]. Friendly correspondence, she clears up a misunderstanding, mentions her husband, intervenes with Stainville, and in favor of the abbess of Bouxières, explains the reason why she could not receive him at Chanteloup. "If you had kept to the simple meaning of my words, without looking for an intention that I did not have, you would have simply addressed Mr. de Choiseul, who would have received you with great pleasure if there was a place in his castle (because he often lacks one) and I would have been charmed to see you [] ". Two letters are dedicated to help M. Vilmaury, from Amboise, who was at their service, evoking the quarrel between Choiseul and the prince of Condé. "You must not be unaware of all that separates Mr. de Choiseul from him forever, and I do not see any common friends between us that can bring us closer or serve our protections with Mr. Prince de Condé [] ". - File coming from the archives of the aviator Maurice Bellonte who, the first, in company of Dieudonné Costes, crossed the Atlantic Ocean from east to west. 4 letters from the aeroclub of Touraine to Maurice Bellonte, 1931-1932. About the event that the aeroclub organizes for the benefit of the Maison des Ailes. - 2 printed documents. The first one from 1670, "extracted from the registers of the Conseil d'Estat": "The King having been informed of the contestation arrived between the Mayor & Eschevins of the city of Tours, & the sieur Million assessor of the bailliage & presidial seat of the said city, on the subject of the Feu de joye ordered by His majesty to be made there for the exaltation of our H. Father Pope Clement X [] ". The second of year III: "Minutes of the public meeting held for the reorganization of the constituted authorities seantes in Orleans by the representative of the people Porcher, sent in the departments of Indre-et-Loire and Loiret" (49 pp. in-4).
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