Colbert addresses the Archbishop of Paris regarding state financial matters

Handwritten letter from Colbert, immersed in the state accounts.

"I request Monsieur de Paris to send me the memorandum of the first loans of 1662 which were transferred to savings and of the cash orders whose endorsements were crossed out according to the decrees of the council. I am your very humble servant Colbert"

Attached is a statement of "Remittances reported to savings due to Paris of the loans of 1662 revoked" (1/2 p. in-4, damp stain in corner).