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French Royal Commission for Land Sale
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Phelypeaux, Count de Maurepas, was a French statesman and administrator, born in 1701 to Louis XIV's Secretary of State. Phelypeaux served under both Louis XV and Louis XVI, during which time he reformed the French navy and aided in the aristocracy's obstruction of political reform.
A brief commission to the Ruel de Lavnay, Leonard Pierre Francois de Launay, bodyguard to the King, for the sale of a tract of land to Lady Jeanne Catherine Duval. The document is signed by Phelypeaux, a prominent minister in the court of Louis XVI.
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Originally cataloged in 1992. Re-processed and finding aid prepared in November 2022 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.
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- Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services
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- November 2022
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