Arnaud de LA PORTE (1737–guillotined in 1792). He served as - Lot 42

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Arnaud de LA PORTE (1737–guillotined in 1792). He served as - Lot 42
Arnaud de LA PORTE (1737–guillotined in 1792). He served as Minister of the Navy for a very brief period, from July 13 to 16, 1789, and was appointed Minister of the King’s Household in 1791; he organized and managed the activities of the royalist party, notably the King’s escape—which ended with his arrest at Varennes—and was subsequently indicted and guillotined in August 1792; it can be said that he was one of Louis XVI’s last loyalists and, above all, his last confidant) / Signed autograph document, 2 pages, small quarto, issued in Brest on April 10, 1779 (he was Intendant of the Navy): He orders that materials be loaded in Guingamp for Engineer Mr. Aubray to manufacture flagpoles — He provides the details on the reverse side
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