Mémoire où abrégé de l'affaire suscitée de Bellegarde, pour raison de la réforme des vieilles armes
1773
MSS L2018F137f [Bound]
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Title
Mémoire où abrégé de l'affaire suscitée de Bellegarde, pour raison de la réforme des vieilles armes
Published
[S.l., ca. 1773].
Description
[23] p. ; 38 cm.
Call Number
MSS L2018F137f [Bound]
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1061505683
Note
Accompanied by 2 inserted leaves of illustrations.
Unpublished ms. report on the trial of Colonel Bellegarde, who in 1763 was in charge of decommissioning outdated French weapon as a new rifle was introduced, under the oversight of the minister of war, Eteinne-Francois duc de Choiseul; previously decommissioned weapons had been sold for scrap, but Choiseul directed it would be profitable to sell them to India. His agent, Bellegarde, instead found a ready market in America. The trafficking in arms continued for nearly a decade before Bellegarde was brought to trial; defends the actions of Bellegarde, and gives details on the process of rehabilitating old rifles and reusing old brass from defective guns; the changing alliances in America and Marie Antoinette's intervention eventually led to Bellegarde's release.
Stitched with green ribbon.
Unpublished ms. report on the trial of Colonel Bellegarde, who in 1763 was in charge of decommissioning outdated French weapon as a new rifle was introduced, under the oversight of the minister of war, Eteinne-Francois duc de Choiseul; previously decommissioned weapons had been sold for scrap, but Choiseul directed it would be profitable to sell them to India. His agent, Bellegarde, instead found a ready market in America. The trafficking in arms continued for nearly a decade before Bellegarde was brought to trial; defends the actions of Bellegarde, and gives details on the process of rehabilitating old rifles and reusing old brass from defective guns; the changing alliances in America and Marie Antoinette's intervention eventually led to Bellegarde's release.
Stitched with green ribbon.
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