13 letters relating to the government of the Habsburg Netherlands.

Description: On paper, in French. - 1. Letter signed by the Regent of Spain Mariana of Austria to Charles-Eugène of Arenberg confirming the appointment of Juan Domingo de Zuñiga y Fonseca as Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and Captain General in the absence of Don John of Austria the Younger. 27 Aug. 1670. 1 f. (29 x 21 cm), with an armorial blind stamp. - 2. Letter signed by Zuñiga y Fonseca to Charles-Eugène of Arenberg, requesting troop reinforcements. Brussels, 30 March 1672. 1 f. (30 x 21 cm), with an armorial blind stamp. - 3. Letter signed by Ercole Giuseppe Lodovico Turinétti, Marchese of Priero and Minister Plenipotentiary, to an unknown recipient urging him to ask for subsidies to the State of Hainaut. Brussels, 29 March 1719. 1 folio (32 x 20,5 cm). - 4. Letter signed by Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Governor, to Léopold-Philippe of Arenberg, Commander-in-Chief of the troops in the Netherlands, requesting carts to move the Line Battalion. Brussels, 30 April 1738. 1 folio (32 x 20 cm), armorial seal covered with paper (some cuts). Enriched with an order to the Provost of Binche to make wagons available to the troops. Undated (23 x 18,5 cm). - 5. Letter signed by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Governor, regarding a request from 2 Brussels bourgeois. Brussels, 8 Oct. 1754. Folio (30 x 20,5). - 6. Letter signed by Karl von Cobenzl, Minister Plenipotentiary, about the Brussels' bourgeois guards. Brussels, 12 June 1765. Folio (30 x 20 cm). - 7. Extract of a statement against two deserters of the Line Battalion, signed by their Commander Baron Jean-Baptiste Maelcamp. Luxembourg, 11 Aug. 1777. 1 folio (34 x 20 cm). - 8. Printed order of the Plenipotentiary ad interim Count Joseph Murray, dated 21 Sept. 1787. Brussels, B. J. Le Francq, 1787. Plano (35 x 22,5 cm). - 9. Letter signed by Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff, Minister Plenipotentiary, regarding the reglementation of the oath of Brussels. Brussels, 6 Jan. 1788. Folio (30 x 20 cm). - 10. Letter signed by Maria Christina and Albert von Sachsen-Teschen, Governors, regarding Brussels' bourgeois guards. Brussels, 2 Oct. 1791. Folio (31 x 21 cm). - 11. Printed project of a letter to thank Emperor Francis II for maintaining Maria Christina and Albert von Sachsen-Teschen as Governors after the death of Leopold II on 1 March 1792. S.d. Folio (33 x 21,5 cm). - 12. A printed letter from the counsellor procuror-general of Flanders to the bailiff of the city of Nieuwpoort about disorders. Ghent, 23 April 1792. Folio (30,5 x 18,5 cm), with a blindstamped seal covered by paper (ms. annot., 2 tears). - 13. A printed copy of a letter by the President of the Council of Flanders, C. Peers, to the French Commandant of the city of Ghent, Ferrand, asking him if his institution still exists after the publication of a revolutionary decree suppressing all established authorities. 1793. Folio (33 x 20,5 cm).
Circa: 17th-18th c