Scarce DS in French, signed “Necker” and "de Sartine," one page both sides, 9.5 x 14.5, March 19, 1780. Beautiful and large official document, signed at the head by Necker (with an autograph word, “vu”, meaning “seen”), and also signed at the conclusion by Secretary of State for the Navy Antoine de Sartine. The document also bears a secretarial signature of King Louis XVI. In fine condition.
Necker (1732-1804) was a French statesman of Swiss birth who served as the finance minister of Louis XVI, a post he held in the lead-up to the French Revolution in 1789. De Sartine (1729-1801) was a French statesman who served as Lieutenant General of Police of Paris during the reign of Louis XV and as Secretary of State for the Navy under King Louis XVI; his influence put the French in a position to aid the American patriots against the British at the close of the Revolutionary War.
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