[French Colonies in America]:

$500 · Offered by William Reese Company

EDIT DU ROI, PORTANT ETABLISSEMENT A VERSAILLES, D'UN DEPOT DES PAPIERS PUBLICS DES COLONIES. DONNE A VERSAILLES AU MOIS DE JUIN 1776. REGISTRE EN LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES LE 15 AVRIL 1777 [caption ... A French royal decree consisting of twenty-seven articles concerning the founding and operation of an archive in France solely devoted to collecting and preserving documents generated in the French colonies. "Copies of all registers of baptisms, marriages and deaths are to be made by the Registrars and Curates in the colonies, as well as of all other official or legal documents with the exception only of inventories and family divisions, but including wills, court judgements, laws and regulations, etc." - Maggs. Wroth cites a single copy in the French National Archives, OCLC adds copies at NYPL and the Newberry Library.

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