Archives International Auctions Auction 81 December 15th & 16th 2022

Archives International Auctions - Sale 81 76 December 15, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Historic Fiscal Documents from France France 360 360 Reconstruction of Annuities on Leathers, 1763 Rare French Document Printed on Vellum France, 1763. Several page typeset and handwritten document in French with one page printed on vellum. This piece is a reconstitution of annuities at 3% on the income coming from the duties on leathers, and other revenues for the King (Louis XV), and is undersigned by his advisors, notaries, notekeepers, and keepers of the seals at the “Chatelet de Paris.” Hereditary payments are also discussed at length, with other legal and financial text. Black text with black handwriting, black seal at top center of first page. Includes a beautiful but faint vellum page with the details. Bound by string, and in remarkable condition for its age. Rare and possibly unique piece of French financial history that pre-dates the French Revolution by over 20 years. The King of France at the time was Louis XV (15 February 1710 - 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved, who was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. His reign of almost 59 years (from 1715 to 1774) was the second longest in the history of France, exceeded only by his predecessor, Louis XIV, who had ruled for 72 years (from 1643 to 1715). In 1748, Louis returned the Austrian Netherlands, won at the Battle of Fontenoy of 1745. He ceded New France in North America to Great Britain and Spain at the conclusion of the disastrous Seven Years’ War in 1763. He incorporated the territories of the Duchy of Lorraine and the Corsican Republic into the Kingdom of France. Historians generally criticize his reign, citing how reports of his corruption embarrassed the monarchy, while his wars drained the treasury while producing little gain. His grandson and successor Louis XVI would inherit a kingdom in need of financial and political reform, which ultimately would lead to the French Revolution of 1789. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $450-750 Ephemera - Historic Navigation & Insurance Documents California 361 361 City & County of San Francisco, 1861 Lost Ship Document San Francisco, California, 1861. Handwritten Duplicate Copy of a Deposition stating that Charles R. Story, “sole owner” of the ship the Brig Dudley, attests that the ship and its $3000 worth of cargo in lumber never reached her port of destination of Melbourne, Australia. The ship left Humboldt Bay, San Francisco, California in September 1858. She docked at Port de France in New Caledonia in August of 1859, bound for Melbourne but never arrived or was seen of again. The owner swears in the deposition that the ship had never arrived. The ship was insured by the Mutual Insurance Company of New York. Black handwriting on very thin off-blue paper, Red embossed seal on back. Fine to VF condition. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-350 Ephemera - Historic Political Italy 362 362 Universal Republican Alliance, ND (ca.1850s), Group of Subscription Certificates Italy.....,., ND (ca.1850s). Group of 10 Unissued Subscription Certificates for Joseph Mazzini’s Universal Republican Alliance. Giuseppe ( Joseph) Mazzini (22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification of Italy and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of social- democratic republicanism, Mazzini helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state. Mazzini’s thoughts had a very considerable influence on the Italian and European republican movements, in the Constitution of Italy, about Europeanism and more nuanced on many politicians of a later period, among them American president Woodrow Wilson and British prime minister David Lloyd George as well as post-colonial leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Veer Savarkar, Golda Meir, David Ben-Gurion, Kwame Nkrumah, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sun Yat-sen. (10). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400