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SAINT-SIMON LOUIS DE ROUVROY, DUC DE (1675-1755)

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SAINT-SIMON LOUIS DE ROUVROY, DUC DE (1675-1755)

L.A.S. "Le Duc de St Simon", Paris 1 February 1740, to Cardinal de FLEURY| on 1 page in 4:
"I hope that V E will be kind enough to grant me the grace to take care of my very humble apologies to the
King for not being present at the Candlemas ceremony. The best I dare not risk the trip again.
M. de SEPTFONTS, who knows my walk and who believed that I had the honour of seeing V E in this fest, has charged me with the task of testifying to him well, all the while acknowledging the kindness and help of V E".... As for M. de SAINTE-MAURE, "who goes by echelons, [...] I also count on V E to give me marks for a Regiment that I desire with as much passion, on the occasions of the next ones that may come, and I support myself by this confidence"...