Elie de Beaumont, Jean-Baptiste-Jacques (1732-1786), French lawyer

6 autograph letters by Elie de Beaumont, numbered 1-6. Correspondents include: Mr de Cotte, intendant des finances (no.2); Mr de Maussale, avocat aux Conseils (no.6).

3 receipts signed by Elie de Beaumont, numbered 7-9.

1 legal document written by Elie de Beaumont in the name of his father-in-law Mr Dumesnil-Morin, who gives the Société des Cinq Sols to Mr de Sandray (no.10)

1 poem by B. Yvon intitled Lettre de Elie de Beaumont le grand avocat normand à Madame du Boccage, 1919 (no.11).

Late 18th Century

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Born at Carentan (France) in 1732, Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Elie de Beaumont was a lawyer at the Parliament of Normandy, then at the Parliament of Paris. He also wrote a lot of judicial essays, and is known because of his involvment in the Calas affair in the 1760's. He died in Paris, on 10 January 1786.