[French Colonies in America]:

$750 · Offered by William Reese Company

ARREST DU CONSEIL D'ETAT DU ROY, DU DIX-SEPT NOVEMBRE 1711. QUI ORDONNE QUE LES PROPRIETAIRES OU ADJUDICATAIRES DES CACAOS PROVENANS DES PRISES ARRIVÉES À NANTES, & QUI ONT ESTÉ DECLAREZ POUR ... A French royal decree, which confirms an earlier decree of May 12, 1693, ensuring that cocoa arriving from French colonies overseas and cocoa from non-French territories will pay equal duty. Not in Wroth or OCLC. From the library of Cardinal Etienne Charles de Lomenie de Brienne (1727-94), Minister of Louis XVI, Archbishop of Toulouse and of Sens. A friend of Voltaire and a member of the Académie Française, Brienne wielded significant power as head of the Finance Ministry, which earned him many enemies. He died in prison during the French Revolution, despite having renounced Catholicism in 1793 (presumably as an attempt to save his life).

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