[Anonyme] - Lot 325

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[Anonyme] - Lot 325
[Anonyme] * My stay in the Isle of Corsica 1768. In-4° of 118 p. on laid paper, beautiful regular handwriting, brown marbled basane binding, decorated and gilt ribbed spine, important lack of leather on the spine. Binding of the period. Very good condition inside. The author is a corps commander. He landed in Ajaccio on June 12, 1768, often met Mr. Cuttoly "son of the first counsellor (Dominique) for the part dela des monts to the supreme council of the Nation", reformed from the Royal Corsican regiment and enjoying a pension from the King. M. Cuttoly explains many of his views on Corsica, which the commander traces back to M. de Narbonne, notably the desire not to return under the Genoese yoke, his opinion on Paoli's action.... In order to put under the domination of the King the pieves of Vico, Cinarca, Celavo, Ornano, Talavo, Istria and la Roque....it is advisable to decide on a project between the French generals, the Marquis de Chauvelin and the Count of Narbonne in the name of His very Christian majesty on the one hand, and on the other hand the chief administrative advisors of the said pieves, Mr Cuttoly, Ornano, Roccaserra, Colonna, Poli, Peretti, Quensa, Susini, Guagno, Farinacci, Colonna Istria, Gentili, which project, having been agreed, will remain under the veils of the deepest mistery until the coup d'éclat that will ensure its execution... Then follows the PROJECT in which it is exposed that the mentioned pits will in the future be reputed French... In this draft submission, Mr. Cuttoly Père is called upon to play a role which is exposed. In the rest of the manuscript, a series of letters are returned: M; the Viscount of Beaune to Mr Susini, M. The Count of Narbonne 8, 2 8bre 1768 to the author and answer 14 8bre 1768.etc The disaster of the post office of Borgo is evoked, incidents in Caoro (for Cauro) between Octave colle and Cuttoly, intervention of Folatchy (for Folacci). Ornano, Abatouchy (Abatucci) an
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