Desconocido - Manuscript – The Huguet Papers of Angé: 14 French notarial and legal documents on stamped paper, - 1796

A coherent small family archive from the Cher valley (Loir-et-Cher, central France). It contains 13 original manuscript documents tied to the Huguet family of Angé and their neighbours, plus one unrelated document of the same period. Together they cover nearly half a century and five French regimes: the Directory, the Consulate, the First Empire, the Restoration and the July Monarchy.

Most of the deeds were drawn up by notaries at Montrichard, among them Xavier Sébastien Masson, "notaire impérial". They record the everyday economy of a winegrowing community: sales of vineyard plots and land, a deed of gift and partition, receipts, a loan bond with mortgage, a summons before the Justice of the Peace, and a declaration and permit to fell trees.
Highlights

Doc. 13, a bond for 500 francs dated 17 March 1814. It opens with the full imperial heading: "Napoléon, par la grâce de Dieu et les constitutions de l'État, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, Protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin et Médiateur de la Confédération Suisse…". It was written less than three weeks before Napoleon's first abdication. Later annotations and pieces, with royal stamps of 1825 and 1834, follow the debt to 1844.

Original stamped paper from each regime. The sheets carry the République Française stamps (50 c. and 75 c.), the Empire Français stamps (25 c. and 75 c.) and the Restoration Timbre Royal stamps (25 c. and 70 c.), plus several dry-embossed seals. The 1796 and 1799 deeds are dated in the Republican calendar (an V and an VII).
Doc. 3, an opposition to an order to pay from 1829. It includes copies of earlier deeds dated 1775 to 1811.
Contents
-1 Extract of a deed of gift and partition 2 Dec. 1804 (an XIII)
Foucher family, Chisseaux
-2 Summons before the Justice of the Peace (with an 1813 receipt) 1807–1813 Huguet v. Aslin, Montrichard
-3 Opposition to an order to pay 27 Apr. 1829 Huguet v. Tussaume, Blois
-4 Sale of land 23 Mar. 1806 Denis to Huguet, Montrichard
-5 Sale and cession of property (not part of the Huguet papers)13 Jul. 1802 Aubertin, Rimaucourt (Haute-Marne)
-6 Assignment of an annuity and exchange of land
2 Jun. 1799 (an VII) Denis to Huguet, Montrichard
-7 Survey and valuation of repairs 29 Oct. 1796 (an V)
Huguet and Chanteloup, Angé
-8 Sale of waste ground, and a private sale of shares 4 and 24 Apr. 1808 Tessier and Denis to Huguet, Angé
-9 Sale of a plot of land 27 Aug. 1809 Marchoux and Huguet to Huguet, Angé
-10 Sale of three plots of vineyard 23 Sep. 1810 Samain to the widow Huguet, Saint-Julien
-11 Receipt for 260 francs 4 Nov. 1810
Deschamp to the widow Huguet, Montrichard
-12 Sale of a plot of vines 26 Sep. 1813
Widow Breuzin to the widow Huguet, Montrichard
-13 Bond for 500 francs and mortgage (pieces to 1844) 17 Mar. 1814–1844 Denis to Pénicault, Montrichard and Blois
-14 Declaration and permit to fell trees 1–13 Dec. 1817
Huguet, Angé and Blois

The documents are housed in two folders (Tome I: docs 1–7; Tome II: docs 8–14), each in its own labelled sleeve. A printed dossier comes with them, with an introduction, a map of the places mentioned, a chronology, a table of the families and a glossary, plus transcriptions and translations in French, English and Spanish. These are modern materials and are not part of the historical lot.

Condition
The condition is in line with age and use. The documents show filing holes, foxing and spotting, fold lines, edge wear with small chips and some irregular margins. One document has its original string binding. The ink is generally strong and legible.
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