OISE. Marc Pierre de Voyer, Comte d'ARGENSON (1696-1764) Min - Lot 142

OISE. Marc Pierre de Voyer, Comte d'ARGENSON (1696-1764) Minister of War 1742 and Superintendent of the Post Office - He reorganized the army and prepared the Victories of Fontenay and Lawfeld which he attended. Letter signed "M.P. D'ARGENSON" in COMPIÈGNE (Oise) on July 16, 1750, to M. le Comte de LANGERON Colonel of the Régiment de CONDÉ - 1 folio page: "You request... that powder be issued instead of bullets to the two Battalions of the Régiment de Condé, as there is no place within range of Bordeaux where soldiers can be fired without running the risk of crippling someone, and that Mil pierres à fusils also be supplied to these battalions. The thousand pounds of gunpowder that have been ordered should suffice for this year's exercises. As for the gunstones, it is not customary in peacetime to issue them to troops from the King's stores, and it is His Majesty's intention that the rule established in this respect be adhered to exactly...".