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TURGOT 19 MANUSCRIPTS DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA INCLUDING HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LETTERS

1762réf. 1417642Limoges; Bordeaux; Paris; Angoulême: L. Barbou; Chez Jean Chappuis; du Pont; Claude Rézé 1762-1791. Other. Nineteen documents between 4 and 56 pages long. In Good condition or better. Items are generally unbound parchment with autograph or typed text. Anne Robert Jacques Turgot was a prominent Enlightenment-era French economist and statesman who is known today for his influential and early advocacy of economic liberalism. Serving as Intendant of Limoges and later as Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI Turgot pioneered administrative reforms to modernize France's tax structure and stimulate their agricultural industry. This collection of nineteen manuscripts letters and printed documents which span a period of nearly 30 years trace the path of Turgot's career from his early defense of religious freedom in Le Conciliateur through his time as Intendant of Limoges. Further this collection features correspondence with administrative figures such as Deflesselle and Duvergier the latter of whom played a role in secretly financing the American Revolution. Shelved in Room F Box 1. CONTENTS: 1 single-sheet ALS from Turgot to a Monsieur Duvergier. In Very Good condition. Dated September 30 1775 this letter states that a Monsieur Duvergier "shall pay the sum of one hundred pounds in livres and certifies this promise to return the said amount." This may well be the Duvergier son Vergennes who less than one year later would be involved with Beaumarchais' clandestine funneling of funds to the American Revolutionaries. Shows expected moderate age toning with some small scattered adhesive stains on the reverse side and in the bottom margin. Small grouping of closed punctures in near the bottom edge. Item is creased across the center. Signed in black ink "Turgot" in black ink. Housed in a mylar archival sleeve with an accompanying typed translation of the letter. 1 folded sheet ALS from Turgot to a Monsieur Deflesselle 3 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Dated March 14 1775. Turgot writes from Versailles to Deflesselle a local administrator in Paris regarding new research on cattle disease then ravaging the French countryside. Deflesselle is identified in an accompanying early 20th-century catalogue entry as one of the first victims de la Revolution. Moderately age toned and foxed. Signed in black ink "Turgot" on the third page. Housed in a mylar archival sleeve with an accompanying typed translation of the letter. 1 folded sheet unsigned autograph letter in Turgot's hand addressed to a Monsieur Caillard two pages plus address leaf. In Very Good condition. Turgot writes to Caillard from Limoges where he was serving as intendant. Caillard a Secretary to Comte de Boisgelin a Minister of France to Parma was at this time residing in Turgot's Paris residence on the Rue de la Chaise. Moderately age toned and faintly wrinkled/creased. Some faint pencil marginalia on the first page. Remnants of original wax seal on the address leaf with a small closed tear near one of the pieces. Housed in a mylar archival sleeve with an accompanying typed translation of the letter. 12 typed reports written by Turgot while Intendant in Limoges 1762-1771. Generally in Very Good condition with one item report dated June 10 1762 in Good condition. These reports concern general bureaucratic and administrative matters related to Limoges dealing mostly with the collection of taxes but also maintaining accurate census data communicating with the clergy and coordinating clerks among other items. In the 48-page June 10 1762 report - the largest report by far - Turgot lays out his goals for reforming the tax system in his district. Many of these items are signed by Commissaire de Tailles a Limoges Monsieur Thomas Thoumas. Items show light age toning and foxing some with shallow open tears at the corners or soiling along edges. The June 10 1762 report is disbound with heavier age toning and soiling creasing in the bottom corners ink marginalia throughout and ink and pencil doodling on the last page; a small note is affixed to the first page. All items are housed in a new mylar archival sleeve. Arrest du Conseil D'Etat du Roi . Du 13 Septembre 1774. Published in Bordeaux by Chez Jean Chappuis. Single octavo signature 8 pages. In Very Good condition. This document details a ruling of the king to establish the free trade of grain and flour. Moderately age toned and faintly creased with some scattered foxing. Contemporary ink inscription in the top margin of the first page lists the date and briefly summarizes the contents. Mémoire Présenté au Conseil en 1766 Par M. Turgot Intendant de la Généraité de Limoges . Published by L. Barbou in Limoges. Quarto 2 29 pages. In Very Good condition. This document written and presented by Turgot in 1766 concerns the excess of taxes in Limoges and the public outrage surrounding them. Moderately age toned sparsely foxed throughout. Some moderate rubbing wear along the edges. Le Conciliateur ou Lettres d'Un Ecclesiastique a un Magistrat sur les Affaires Présentes. Published by du Pont in Paris in 1791. Octavo 56 pages. In Very Good condition. The third edition first edition published in 1754 of Turgot's passionate defense of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. Disbound pamphlet in 20th-century paper wraps. Some smudging to the cover of the wraps. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed. First page shows brown pencil numbering "13" in the top margin and a pencil note on the edition in the bottom margin with a paper label adhered overtop. Mémoire Signifié Pour Berthelemy Grelon Bourgeois demandeur & accusateur. CONTRE le Sier Ducongé de Fontbrune . Published in 1769 in Angoulême by Claude Rézé. Octavo 11 pages. Side-sewn pamphlet. This appears to be the lawsuit in Angoulême that prompted in part Turgot's writing "Paper on Lending at Interest". Turgot is referenced at several points in the testimony as "Monseiur l'Intendant". Moderately age toned with sparse light foxing. Some light wear at the corners. Contemporary ink inscription in the top margin of the first page reads: "Attribution a. M. l'intendant de Limoges." Shelved in room F box 2. 1417642. Special Collections - Upstairs. L. Barbou; Chez Jean Chappuis; du Pont; Claude Rézé unknown books