{"product_id":"french-notarial-manuscript-meuse-department-5-december-1852-property-auction-record","title":"French Notarial Manuscript  Meuse Department  5 December 1852  Property Auction Record","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrench Notarial Manuscript\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eMeuse Department – 5 December 1852 – Property Auction Record\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal 19th-century French notarial manuscript dated \u003cstrong\u003e5 December 1852\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued in the \u003cstrong\u003eDepartment of Meuse (France)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis elegant handwritten legal document records the public adjudication (auction sale) of property, drawn up before a notary in the town of \u003cstrong\u003eFrenay \/ Flenay (Meuse region)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe document bears the official heading “Aujourd’hui” (Today) and includes the 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