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    Posted 10 months ago

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    Hilltop
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    Very old unknown writing on a very fragile piece of paper not sure what it means can anybody help me understand what I have . The last image is the back of the paper with some more writing

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    1. MMNJ MMNJ, 10 months ago
      Looks like it’s written in French
    2. Hilltop Hilltop, 10 months ago
      Ok thanks
    3. jscott0363 jscott0363, 10 months ago
      Yes, definitely appears to be French.
    4. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 10 months ago
      French and really beautiful handwriting! definitely written by a pro!
    5. Hilltop Hilltop, 10 months ago
      Thanks for all comments
    6. MMNJ MMNJ, 10 months ago
      It’s hard to tell from the photos but I wonder if the paper is vellum. The only word I can really make out at the top is “flowers” - please let us know if you get any of it translated!
    7. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 months ago
      There is a date there or two actually. They relate to the fifteenth and the eighteenth of December 1696.
    8. MMNJ MMNJ, 10 months ago
      On the signature page there are the place names Moyemont and Romont, both in Vosges, France
    9. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 months ago
      On the reverse of the document we have :
      "Pour le Sieur Claude Henry Chastelain
      Et Patricien a Romont
      Contre
      Sieurs Fleurent, Colin & Joseph
      Thonnenot habitants de Moyemont
    10. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 months ago
      As MMNJ says Moyemont - Romont are in the Vosges. In fact another place mentioned Rambervillers is also on the D 32 these days : Moyemont - Romont - Rambervillers - a total distance of just 8.5 km (or 5.25 miles).
    11. vetraio50 vetraio50, 10 months ago
      On the reverse we have 'acquch' should be an abbreviation of 'acquisition'. A purchase agreement ???
    12. keramikos, 10 months ago
      Y'all are really making some progress on this. :-)

      I could tell it was French, but because I don't speak it myself, I didn't have any confidence that I could properly transcribe much of it.

      However, a Google Translate reading of one of vetraio50's transcriptions suggests to me that this might be some kind of dispute, "Contre" translating to "Against":

      For Mr. Claude Henry Chastelain
      And Patrician in Romont
      Against
      Misters Fleurent, Colin & Joseph
      Thonnenot inhabitants of Moyemont

      https://translate.google.com/

      Or am I completely off-base?
    13. Hilltop Hilltop, 10 months ago
      Thanks for all comments

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