Etat actuel des affaires generalles concernant les finances du Royaume de France, [ca. 1762].

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Etat actuel des affaires generalles concernant les finances du Royaume de France, [ca. 1762].

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Manuscript, in a single hand, providing charts, summaries, and personal observations on French finances during the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War. The volume includes a list of the ordinary revenues and expenses of the king; ordinary military expenses; and an extensive section addressing war finance, including yearly summaries of money raised in France between 1756 and 1762, with notes of royal edicts, such as a lottery in 1756, and other edicts levying extraordinary taxes to pay for the war. The volume also contains sections on the finances of the clergy and the court of Rome; and occasional references to the American colonies and the Compagnie des Indes.

1 v. (150 p.) ; 23 cm.

eng,

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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