Victor de Riquetti, Marquis de MIRABEAU (1715–1789). Letter from du Bignon, November 26, 1771, to the consuls of the community of Beaumont; 1 page, in-4. He is sending “my eldest son and natural heir to my estates in Provence, to attend to my affairs there and to take my place and position there for the time being.” He will have to settle the dispute over the logging of the woods […] “My intention, gentlemen, is not for him to begin with a lawsuit, but rather that he should receive his first introduction to my affairs in a spirit of peace”… Enclosed is a letter, Paris, June 15, 1763, to Mr. de La Durane in Beaumont near Mirabeau (1 page ¼ in-4, addressed, broken seal), regarding the legal proceedings against the land clearers.