Bifolium in 4to. 240x187 mm. Text in French on two pages. Clear writing, black ink. Signature and date 'St Pierre Mart le 10 Février 1784'. Address on the fourth page 'Monsieur le Baron D'Arcy à St Germain en Laye a Paris'. Slight sign of wear, good condition.
Pre-philatelic with several stamps in the address.
Charron, who took care of the affairs of the d'Arcy family in Martinique, speaks of the financial problems and the difficulties in collecting inheritance rights, because widows renounced the succession of assets with debts «J'ai fait des grosses pertes par la renonciation de plusieurs femmes here are separated with their husbands & once again after the death … I've been exposed to strong illnesses after 6 years I don't know that I'm still retable. You can enjoy a large fortune, you can parfaitement faire ce petit sacrifice… » Finally, he requests help to enter the tax administration, a position that guaranteed enormous benefits: « I want you to be interested in me in someone else occasion. You have the protection & security of Monsieur le Duc de Bouillon, you can obtain for me the place of Director of the Domaine d'ici. Mr Bottereau here the occupation retires & takes place in the sous-fermes".
François d'Arcy cites Charron as the husband of Michel Kirwan's eldest daughter: «L'aînée, Catherine Claire Elisabeth, épouse Jean-Baptiste Pierre Charron, shopkeeper in Saint Pierre, qui s'occupera des affairs familiales après la mort de son beau- pears »