CAHIER de GERVILLE (Bon Claude) Bayeux 1751 - 1796 - Ministe - Lot 213

CAHIER de GERVILLE (Bon Claude) Bayeux 1751 - 1796 - Minister of the Interior from November 29, 1791 to March 24, 1792 - Letter A.S. "B. C. CAHIER " Procureur de la Commune de PARIS (En-tête, vignette du blason de PARIS) - à M. RAFFY, son collègue - Paris, 15 Septembre 1791 - Observations sur les Inspecteurs des PORTS dans PARIS, et les difficultés fondées qu'ils éprouvent relatives à l'exercice de leurs fonctions sur les Ports. "I have just received your two letters of today, one concerning melons and the other concerning oysters. For several days I have been working on ways to establish 1) surveillance of the title of gold and silver materials 2) surveillance of edible medicines and beverages 3) surveillance of weights and measures... all your inspectors, formerly Commissioners... in the ports or elsewhere, are not qualified to exercise any functions whatsoever in the ports or elsewhere...". - 2 pages in-4°