Caisse generale des amortissements etablie par Edit du Mois de Decembre 1764, 1766-1775

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
France. Sovereigns, etc., 1715-1774 (Louis XV
Extent:
4 linear ft.
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

These are the records of a fund operated between 1764 and 1770 to receive a tax on "rentiers" by which "rentes" themselves were to be reimbursed, thus relieving the burden of bond repayment which otherwise fell on ordinary crown revenues.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022