52 private and public legal documents including many pertaining to official business of the Alençon municipality. Contents include records from the trial involving the commune of Agon and the noble Gabillet (1786); documents concerning properties at Agon, Coutainville, Blainville, Neuilly-le-Bisson, Beauvain, and Alençon proper (1601-1830); documents concerning people of different trades (1700-1732); financial documents (1662-1723); and marriage contracts (17th century-1743). A few of the documents are written on parchment. A 19th-century cover page is bound in before each document or group of documents.
296 leaves : paper and parchment; bound to 270 x 200 mm
Geographic Subject:
Alençon (France) -- Economic conditions; France -- Economic conditions -- 17th century; France; France -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; France -- Social conditions -- 17th century; France -- Social conditions -- 18th century
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Paper, iii (19th-century paper) + 296 + v (19th-century paper); [1-296]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in various cursive scripts by many different hands.; Binding: 19th-century vellum (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Alençon, ca. 1601-1830 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Details and contents of the other volumes are described in individual analytical records, all of which may be found by searching the title UPenn Ms. Codex 1000.; French.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1000 v.5
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