The strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont : $b Minister plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763Telfer, J. Buchan (John Buchan)
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The strange career of the Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont : $b Minister plenipotentiary from France to Great Britain in 1763
Telfer, J. Buchan (John Buchan)
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810; France -- Foreign relations -- 1715-1774
1770. £ _s._ _d._
March 28. To premium on 600_l._ at 15 gs.
per cent 94_l._ 10_s._
Policy. 10_s._ 6_d._
------------------- 95 0 6
March 30. To premium on 200_l._ at 15 gs.
per cent. 31 10 0
Do. 300_l._ do. 47 5 0
Do. 200_l._ do. 31 10 0
Do. 100_l._ do. 15 15 0
April 10. Do. 500_l._ do. 78_l._ 15_s._
Policy. 10_s._ 6_d._
------------------- 79 5 6
April 30. To premium on 500_l._ at 20 gs.
per cent. and Policy 105 10 6
Do. 1,000_l._ at 10 gs. per cent. 105 0 0
--------- -----------
3,400_l._ 510 16 6
To profit 658 13 6
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1,169 10 0
CR.
1770. £ _s._ _d._
June 19. By 300_l._ compromised at 50 per cent. 150 0 0
” 2,300_l._ sold at 40 per cent. 920 0 0
” 300_l._ sold at 20 per cent. 60 0 0
” 500_l._ sold at 20 per cent. 100 0 0
--------- -------------
3,400_l._ 1,230 0 0
Brokerage at 5 per cent. 60 10 0
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1,169 10 0
Whereof par ¼ of the profit is 164_l._ 13_s._ 4_d._
To add to the chagrin endured at the gross liberties taken with his name,
the Chevalier was reproached by his enemies with being an accomplice in
the scandalous jobbing affairs and a sharer in the plunder, charges he
indignantly repudiated when unburdening himself to his old friend the
count.[255]
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