Many of the registers
of the noblesse consist of the requests by nobles, men and women, of
some honorary distinctive mark, for instance a cross or a ribbon which
will make them recognizable.
[17]. De Boull?, "M?moires," p.50. - De Toqueville, ibid.. pp. 118,
119. - De Lom?nie, "Les Mirabeau, " p. 132. A letter of the bailiff of
Mirabeau, 1760. - De Ch?teaubriand, M?moires," I. 14, 15, 29, 76, 80,
125. - Lucas de Montigny, "M?moires de Mirabeau," I. 160. - Reports of
the Soci?t? du Berry. "Bourges en 1753 et 1754," according to a diary
(in the national archives), written by one of the exiled
parliamentarians, p. 273.
[18]. "La vie de mon p?re," by R?tif de la Bretonne, I. 146.
[19]. The rule is analogous with the other coutumes (common-law
rules), of other places and especially in Paris. (Renauldon, ibid.. p.
134.)
[20]. A sort of dower right. TR.
[21]. Mme. d'Oberkirk, "M?moires," I. 395.
[22]. De Bouill?, "M?moires," p. 50. According to him, "all the
noble old families, excepting two or three hundred, were ruined. A
larger portion of the great titled estates had become the appanage of
financiers, merchants and their descendants.
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