SAVOY. Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste of SAVOY-NEMOURS (1644–1724), wife of Charles-Emmanuel II, regent of the duchy on behalf of her son Victor-Amadeus II. L.S., Turin, December 18, 1676, to the Archbishop of Tarentaise and “First President of the Chamber of Accounts of Savoy” [François-Amédée Milliet de Challes et d’Arvillars (1623–1703)]; countersigned by Delescheraine; 2 folio pages, addressed with a seal bearing the coat of arms beneath the paper. The “Duchess of Savoy, Queen of Cyprus, Regent” will have the memorandum examined regarding the “repairs still to be made in Savoy,” for which she will endeavor “to establish a sufficient fund in the next budget to complete them, in order to facilitate trade.” She grants the archbishop permission “to go to Tharentaise during these Christmas recesses, as it was not our intention, in making you First President of the Chamber, to deprive your diocese of the spiritual assistance which your office does not require you to provide while in Chambery”…