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            <titleproper>Pesquet family papers, 1623-1828. </titleproper>
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            <publisher>Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections</publisher>
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         <publisher>Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections<lb/>
            
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         <titleproper>Pesquet family papers,   1623-1828. </titleproper>
         <subtitle>Finding Aid</subtitle>
         <num>MS 0012</num>
         
         <sponsor>Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.</sponsor>
         <p>&#x00A9; 2003 Mount Holyoke College. All rights reserved.</p>
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         <head>Collection Overview</head>
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<unitdate encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive">1623-1828.</unitdate>
         
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         <abstract encodinganalog="520$a" label="Abstract:">Pesquet family papers, 1623-1828.  Papers consists of legal documents relating to the family of Jean Baptiste Pesquet (sieur Deschamps) of Normandy, France; includes confirmation of magistrial office, wills, inventories, writ of emancipation, marriage contracts, etc.</abstract>
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         <p>Series of legal documents relating to the family of Jean Baptiste Pesquet (sieur Deschamps) of Normandy, France, spanning 1623-1828.  Includes confirmation of magistrial office, wills, inventories, writ of emancipation, marriage contracts, etc.</p>
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            <p>Pesquet Family Papers, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, Massachusetts</p>
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Deschamps, Jean Baptiste Pesquet,
sieur.
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         <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Courts - France - Normandy - History - Sources.</subject>
         <subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Sale of public office - France - Normandy - History - Sources.</subject>
         <geogname encodinganalog="651" source="lcsh">France - Social life and customs - 18th century - Sources.</geogname>
         <geogname encodinganalog="651" source="lcsh">France - Social life and customs - 19th century - Sources.</geogname>
         <genreform encodinganalog="655" source="aat">Legal instruments</genreform>
         <genreform encodinganalog="655" source="aat">Legal petitions</genreform>
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