Lettres de Cachet

Lettres de Cachet (i. e. sealed letters), warrants of imprisonment, issued prior to the French Revolution (1789), sealed with the private seal of the king, in contradistinction from lettres patentées, which were sealed by the Great Seal of the kingdom.

Nearby pages
Leucippus, Leuctra, Leuthen, LEV, Levana, Levant