COLLIN (Jean-Baptiste, Comte de SUSSY) Marne 1750 - Paris 18 - Lot 335

COLLIN (Jean-Baptiste, Comte de SUSSY) Marne 1750 - Paris 1826 - Minister of Manufactures and Commerce 1812/14, Conseiller d'État, Directeur Général des Douanes, Préfet, Pair de France - Lettre A.S. "Le Comte de SUSSY, Pair de France" - to PARIS June 18, 1819 - 1p in-4° - "I, the undersigned, certify that, having been appointed Prefect of Seine-et-Marne in Year 9, my first concern was to obtain information on the various civil servants, and principally on the Mayors. LA VOLLÉE Mayor of DAMMARTIN (77) and member of the General Council, presented him to me as one of the most enlightened administrators and one who enjoys general esteem; that I recognized the accuracy of this information in all my dealings with him, and that I am convinced that he will fulfill the duties of Sous-Préfet with as much devotion as intelligence."