Original 1794 life-annuity deed issued at Lille by the senior bailiffs representing the high judicial authorities of Lille, Douai, and Orchies, combining an official printed form with extensive contemporary manuscript entries and retaining its large paper-covered embossed seal. The document opens with the declaration, “To all those who shall see or hear these present letters,” and refers to annuities established to reimburse capital debts incurred during wartime. The handwritten terms record a life annuity of 160 florins per year, secured by a substantial principal of 2,000 florins, and name Marie-Agnès-Rosalie Wartelle together with Jacques-Philippe-Henri-Marie Dhaffrenques de Rebecque. Formally dated February 28, 1794, this deed is an important Revolutionary-era financial and legal artifact preserving older regional institutions during a period of profound political change. Its survival with original folds, manuscript endorsements, seal attachment, and archival docketing makes it a scarce and visually impressive collectible for specialists in early finance, legal history, historic seals, genealogy, Lille and Flanders, and eighteenth-century manuscripts.
Size: 16” x 12”
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