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SEWER OF PARIS. Autograph letter signed René HERAULT Lieutenant General of Police from 1725 to 1739 (Rouen 1691 - 1740) It is him who gave in 1729 the ordinance imposing that plates giving the names of the streets of Paris be affixed. He fought against the Jansenists and the Freemasonry. 1 page in-8°, Letter from PARIS, September 26, 1726, addressed to the architect Jean BEAUSIRE [1651-1743 / Master General, Controller and Inspector of the Buildings of the City of Paris] : "I am informed, Sir, that the four manholes of the sewer of the street St Louis are open of a toise in quarré and of 3 feet of depth, so that it is to fear that the people of foot do not fall in during the night; I beg you to give your orders so that the repairs that one wants to make to these manholes, are made incessantly, so that they do not remain any more openings. I am, Sir, your very humble servant". In subscription, handwritten note [of the architect Beausire?]: "I wrote to Mr. Daufresne on behalf of the Bureau on December 15, 1726 so that he would have them moved".
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SEWER OF PARIS. Autograph letter signed René HERAULT Lieutenant General of Police from 1725 to 1739 (Rouen 1691 - 1740) It is him who gave in 1729 the ordinance imposing that plates giving the names of the streets of Paris be affixed. He fought against the Jansenists and the Freemasonry. 1 page in-8°, Letter from PARIS, September 26, 1726, addressed to the architect Jean BEAUSIRE [1651-1743 / Master General, Controller and Inspector of the Buildings of the City of Paris] : "I am informed, Sir, that the four manholes of the sewer of the street St Louis are open of a toise in quarré and of 3 feet of depth, so that it is to fear that the people of foot do not fall in during the night; I beg you to give your orders so that the repairs that one wants to make to these manholes, are made incessantly, so that they do not remain any more openings. I am, Sir, your very humble servant". In subscription, handwritten note [of the architect Beausire?]: "I wrote to Mr. Daufresne on behalf of the Bureau on December 15, 1726 so that he would have them moved".
