Nicolas FOUCQUET (1615-1680) superintendent... - Lot 304 - Ader

Nicolas FOUCQUET (1615-1680) superintendent of Finances, Louis XIV had him imprisoned and confiscated his goods. L.A., Paris, September 11, 1653, to Cardinal Mazarin; 3 pages in-4, addressed "A S.E." with small red wax seals with armorial bearings (one broken, the other intact on pink silk lake). Beautiful and rare letter on the problems of finances. After mentioning the financial disputes between M. Lambert and the Superior of the Jesuits, in which the Queen was involved, and the difficulties made to M. de Breteuil "and on the form and the place of the judgment", Foucquet warns Mazarin: "V.E. I would have liked M. Servien not to have been so firm in refusing the half quarter of the rents on the entrances, which the rentiers say highly that V.E. had granted them, the thing is of little importance, if V. E. deems it appropriate to relieve herself of this, she will do us the favor of telling us so. Also, come to her intention concerning the business of the thresoriers of France, whom it is important to punish before the evil has struck in all the provinces. We will hold our hand as much as we can against the cabals and assemblies that are being made against the service of the King, both day and night. I am pressing as hard as I can for the execution of V.E.'s orders for Catalonia"... [Resumption of hostilities against the Spaniards].