Guillaume Louis, Baron d’ARTHENAY (Tribehou, Manche, 1750 – - Lot 394

Guillaume Louis, Baron d’ARTHENAY (Tribehou, Manche, 1750 – Meslay, Calvados, 1834), Administrator, Deputy for Calvados from 1805 to 1814 and from June 4, 1814, to March 20, 1815 – Autograph letter signed “Le Baron d’ARTHENAY,” from his Château de MESLAY (Calvados) on November 26, 1812. 1 page, in-4°. He pleads for leniency on behalf of a lifelong tax collector in Harcourt, Calvados, who was suspended from his duties after a shortfall was discovered in the cash fund. “The shortfall was covered immediately; there was no irregularity in the management.” He asks that justice be done in this matter.

Estimate:$112.06

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