Memoir of the life of John Law of Lauriston
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152 LIFE OF JOHN LAW
did not leave France till she had discharged
all the debts owing by her husband to trades-
men and the like, among which was one of
10,000 livres to a rotisseur.*
When the Council of State met on the 16th
of December, a warm altercation ensued be-
tween the Regent and the Due de Bourbon,
on the subject of Mr. Law's departure from
France. The duke said that Mr. Law had al-
ways acted in exact conformity to the orders
of the Regent, otherwise he would not have
granted permission for him to quit the king-
dom. The Regent accused the duke of giv-
ing Mr. Law the passports ; that is true, an-
swered the other, but then it was you that sent
them to me ; I never asked for them, but you
directed me to carry them to him. You wish-
ed to have him out of France. I am willing to
explain the whole affair to the King and Coun-
cil. I never advised that Mr. Law should
leave the kingdom, but I opposed the sending
of him to the Bastile, and delivering him up
to the parliament. We could not have said
* Hist. Syst. iv. 85. Duclos, ii. 134. Richelieu, ii.
134.
did not leave France till she had discharged
all the debts owing by her husband to trades-
men and the like, among which was one of
10,000 livres to a rotisseur.*
When the Council of State met on the 16th
of December, a warm altercation ensued be-
tween the Regent and the Due de Bourbon,
on the subject of Mr. Law's departure from
France. The duke said that Mr. Law had al-
ways acted in exact conformity to the orders
of the Regent, otherwise he would not have
granted permission for him to quit the king-
dom. The Regent accused the duke of giv-
ing Mr. Law the passports ; that is true, an-
swered the other, but then it was you that sent
them to me ; I never asked for them, but you
directed me to carry them to him. You wish-
ed to have him out of France. I am willing to
explain the whole affair to the King and Coun-
cil. I never advised that Mr. Law should
leave the kingdom, but I opposed the sending
of him to the Bastile, and delivering him up
to the parliament. We could not have said
* Hist. Syst. iv. 85. Duclos, ii. 134. Richelieu, ii.
134.
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| Description | Including a detailed account of the rise, progress, and termination of the Mississippi system. By John Philip Wood. Edinburgh: Printed [by A. Balfour & Co.] for Adam Black, MDCCCXXIV [1824]. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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