Details

Subject(s)

• History of France—18th century [Browse]
• France—18th century—History—Sources [Browse]
• Tours (France)—18th century—History—Sources [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Legal documents—18th century [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1700-1799

Restrictions note

The collection is open for research.

Summary note

• Consists of approximately 100 miscellaneous eighteenth-century French documents.
• The collection consists of approximately 100 miscellaneous 18th-century French documents. The bulk are engrossed copies of notarial documents (1770-1789) concerning land titles and rents in the parish of Saint Christophe, Tours. Many of the documents were prepared by François-Claude Bigot and François Solomon, public notaries in Tours. Also included is a record book of financial recepts and livestock lists (1815-1816). Also present is a document, signed by Louis XIV, in favor of Pierre Vaillant.

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