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PAULMY d'Argenson, René Louis de (1694-1757). French statesman.
Document Signed, ½-page 4to, no place, 10 December 1755. Confirming M. Delaferre's position in the Grenadiers ('Le Intention de Roy est que ...').

At this time, D'Argenson was secretary of state for foreign affairs and his brother Marc-Pierre, Comte d'Argenson, was secretary of state for war. The government was virtually in the hands of the two brothers, the king (Louis XV) being engaged in the War of the Austrian Succession.
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