Jérôme PHELYPEAUX, Comte de PONTCHARTRAIN, Conseiller du Roi - Lot 39

Jérôme PHELYPEAUX, Comte de PONTCHARTRAIN, Conseiller du Roi, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies (Versailles 1674 - 1757) - Letter signed PONCHARTRAIN, in MARLY (Château de) on July 13, 1707, to Mr LE BRET. 2 folio pages: "Sir, I see from a letter sent to me by Monsieur de CHAMILLART with the list of Spanish prisoners transferred to the Château de Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône) that you have asked him for funds for their subsistence. As you cannot be unaware that they were only taken by the orders of the King (Lois XIV) which I sent to Mr le Comte de GRIGNAN, I am surprised that you turned elsewhere than to me for this fund... you will remember for another time...". Paper, 2 folio pages.