VALINCOUR Jean-Baptiste du Trousset de (1653-1730) écrivain et historiographe de France, secrétaire du comte de Toulouse, ami de Boileau et de Racine [AF 1699, 13e f]. P.A.S. "Du Trousset de Vallincourt", Paris May 28, 1729; 5 1/2 pages in-4 (edges reinforced). His will. "This is my holograph will written and drawn up by my hand, of which I beg my dear brother to be the executor. I want to be buried in the cemetery of the parish where I will die defending very absolutely any hanging of lights except what is absolutely necessary, that is to say four or six flambos at the most all convoy" After the instructions for the mass, Other heirs include a nephew, servants, and his sister Mme Méricourt. "He asks for the protection of the Cardinal de Fleury, the Chancellor, the Duke of Noailles and the Marquis de Torcy... Etc. 2 November 1715, he asks M. de Clairembault, for the Regent, for a memoir "of all that has been done about the postal guard since 1672 and 1676 until 1705" 20 January, to the Countess of Plelo 6 May, to the First President in Aix, about a lawsuit