ALSACE. POWDER SEIZURE. PLACARD. Opinion... - Lot 161 - Vermot et Associés

ALSACE. POWDER SEIZURE. PLACARD. Opinion of François-Marie GAYOT, King's Counsellor, Provincial Commissioner for Wars, Authorising Officer and Subdelegate General of the ALSACE Stewardship. Done at STRASBOURG on July 4, 1750. We have declared the 29 pounds of Powders seized, acquired and confiscated for the benefit of the Adjudicator General of the Poudres & Salpêtres de France & for the contravention committed by Nicolas HANTZER Batelier de COLMAR (who saw the barrel of powder from Strasbourg to Colmar), we have ordered him to pay a fine of 300 pounds & at the expense... and that Guillaume SCHMITT, Bourgeois-marchand de STRASBOURG, will be required to leave it..." Royal sticker. Cupboard (43 x 34) State B.