ROUEN (Seine-Maritime). PARIS. Court record from 1731 concer - Lot 58

ROUEN (Seine-Maritime). PARIS. Court record from 1731 concerning a CHILD WHO DIED AT BIRTH: “Judgment of January 26, 1731, ordering Mr. JORE to prove that his child was born alive. ” — Printed by JORE, next to the residence of His Excellency the First President. (in ROUEN); 19 pages, large folio. “The umbilical cord was already black: the child did not cry out, move any limb, or give any other sign of life or breathing; after the mother’s death, there was a dispute between those who claimed the child was alive and those who claimed it was dead… .”

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