Anne-Robert-Jacques TURGOT (1727–1781). L.S., Fontainebleau, October 30, 1774, to Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Chartres (1753–1821, wife of the future Philippe-Égalité); 2 folio pages (water-stained). He has just granted His Highness’s protégé, Mr. Benezet, a share in the new administration of the estates: “I would have very much liked it to be more substantial, but the arrangements that had already been made left me with only this one portion of the share that I could dispose of: Mr. de Beaumont, Intendant of Finances, will inform Mr. Benezet of the details regarding this arrangement and of the funds he will be required to provide; I implore Your Highness to be assured that I will always seize with the greatest eagerness every opportunity to prove my zeal to him”…