1781 French Royal Notary Marriage Manuscript Choisy-le-Roi Louis XVI # 1097

Original 1781 French Royal Notarial Marriage Contract Manuscript – Choisy-le-Roi – Louis XVI Era Offered is an original handwritten French marriage contract (contrat de mariage) executed before a Royal Notary during the reign of King Louis XVI. The document is dated 1781 and was prepared in Choisy-le-Roi, France. It identifies the parties as Jean François Mercier and Geneviève Gousse, along with their parents, relatives, and witnesses. The contract records the legal and financial agreements made before their marriage, including dowry provisions, property rights, inheritance arrangements, marital community of property, and other customary legal obligations under French law. The manuscript consists of multiple pages written entirely in period iron-gall ink in elegant eighteenth-century French cursive. The final page contains numerous original signatures and notarial endorsements. Official fiscal markings and a period revenue stamp or seal are present, further supporting its authenticity as an official legal document. This is an authentic piece of pre-Revolutionary French history, created just a few years before the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. Original eighteenth-century French notarial documents are increasingly sought after by collectors of historical manuscripts, genealogy, legal history, and European antiquities. Details * Date: 1781 * Country: France * Location: Choisy-le-Roi * Reign: Louis XVI * Document Type: Royal Notarial Marriage Contract * Language: French * Medium: Handwritten manuscript on laid paper * Multiple original signatures * Official fiscal/revenue markings * Multi-page document Please examine all photographs carefully to determine the condition, completeness, and overall appearance of the document, as they form an important part of the description. A remarkable and highly collectible eighteenth-century French legal manuscript that would make an outstanding addition to any collection of historical documents, genealogy, legal history, or European manuscripts.