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document to the officer in charge. Then letters were distributed to addressees. (Delamere, op. cit., vol. 1, pp. 668-69). 9. Ibid., vol. 1, pp. 675-78. 10. La Reynie had considerable authority over health and sanitation and enforced measures against plague in the capital. Since jurisdictional confusion and duplication were normal, it is scarcely surprising that the monarchy chose Ch&telet officials for some special missions. If any Paris magistracy had the prestige necessary for dealing with recalcitrant local officials and merchants, it was La Reynie's. 11. AN, H 1821, 299-301, 322-23. 12. Ibid., 323-24. 13. Ibid., 329-30, 334. 14. Ibid., 335-40. 15. Revel, op. cit., p. 965. ANDREW P. TROUT