CUSTOMS: a collection of 49 decrees, laws, ordinances, appoi - Lot 171

CUSTOMS: a collection of 49 decrees, laws, ordinances, appointments, letters, bulletins, and documents, primarily from the 19th century. Including a judgment sentencing Jean Randon to the stocks, flogging, branding (with a hot iron), and banishment for stealing a suitcase at customs, 1760. Small poster (41 x 26.5 cm): decree exempting customs officials from service in the National Guard (Year 7). Statement by the Duke of La Vauguyon to the Chamber of Peers on the customs law (1814, 9 pages). Receipt for payment of import duties on a shipment of 650 kg of marble in 1818. Paris newspaper from 1791; letter of recruitment and assignment from 1856; letter from Lille seeking to influence the customs bill regarding a specific textile in 1824....