CHER. Georges Louis PHELYPEAUX d'HERBAULT, Archbishop of BOU - Lot 108

CHER. Georges Louis PHELYPEAUX d'HERBAULT, Archbishop of BOURGES in 1757, Chancellor-Garde des sceaux des ordres du Roi (born at Château d'Herbault (LOIR-ET-CHER) in 1720 - died in Paris 1787) Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit - Letter signed by the Archbishop of BOURGES, addressed to Mme CARON at her hotel, rue Poissonnière in PARIS. Paris, July 20, 1779. 2 pages in-8° : "I received this morning, Madame, the memoir you took the trouble to send me, and as I am going to VERSAILLES the day after tomorrow, I preferred to deliver it myself... I gave M. de MAUREPAS the letter you wrote him, as I had promised. He seemed touched by your situation: but he found no way to come to your rescue. If I had a better answer to give to M. le Comte de MORAS, I would have seen him with more pleasure...".

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