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Senate House Library, University of London

Letter of Louis Benigne François Bertier de Sauvigny


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 876

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Letter of Louis Benigne François Bertier de Sauvigny

Date(s): 1775

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Single sheet

Name of creator(s): Sauvigny | Louis Benigne François | Bertier de | [1737]-1789 | French administrator x Bertier de Sauvigny | Louis Benigne François

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Louis Benigne François Bertier de Sauvigny ([1737]-1789) was a French administrator. He was Assistant Intendant of Paris from 1768 until 1776 when he was made Intendant. His reforms were unpopular, and he was killed by revolutionary rioters on 22 July 1789.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter, 18 Jan 1775, signed by Louis Benigne François Bertier de Sauvigny, Intendant of Paris, to Guillaume Joseph Dupleix de Bacquencourt, Intendant of Dijon, sending him the declaration [wanting] of a beggar in official custody at Pontoise.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: French

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

220 x 170 mm.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bought by Dr. Geoffrey John de Cusance Mead from Alain Brieux, Paris, and given to ULL in 1977.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Local government | Public administration | Government
Administration of justice

Personal names
Bacquencourt | Guillaume Joseph | Dupleix de | 1727-1794 | French administrator x Dupleix de Bacquencourt
Sauvigny | Louis Benigne François | Bertier de | ? 1737-1789 | French administrator x Bertier de Sauvigny | Louis Benigne François

Corporate names

Places
France | Western Europe | Europe