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| Year: | 1791 | |
| Last Name: | Louis XVI | |
| Title: | Louis XVI, King of France. Partly printed document signed ("Louis"), 19 April 1791. Countersigned by an unidentified administrator. An order to the Treasurer of his Civil List to pay 1,000 livres to dentist S. Dubois. | |
| Country: | France | |
| Binding Detail: | Beautiful Contemporary-style Royal blue leather presentation portfolio. | |
| Condition: | creased with short tear, some soiling. | |
| Notes: | 1 page, folio. An order to the Treasurer of his Civil List to pay 1,000 livres to dentist S. Dubois, "Dubois Dentiste de la Reine, la somme de Mille livres," as his half-yearly stipend. Jean-Joseph Dubois-Foucou (1748-1840), succeeded Etienne Bourdet as dentist to the royal family after Bourdet's death in 1789, although he did not appear in the Royal Almanac until 1791. On August 1, 1790, he was called to the bedside of Louis XVI for a dental abscess. Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen |
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