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Grand Project to reform revenue and farms in the kingdom
An overview of a Paris to Aix letter discusses a plan by M. Paris de Montmartel and associates to put the kingdom on a new footing. It aims to raise revenue, reduce burdens, and reorganize state farming. The scheme foresees fewer clerks and contractors, a tax cap on salt and tobacco, and a major transfer of farm control. The piece notes middle-class hardship from war, fears of lasting European peace, and concerns that traders may flee to safer horizons as burdens shift. It also warns that the peace process may stall as various powers push for indemnifications and territorial gains, potentially bending Vienna to new concessions.
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Paris
Fune
Shep
M. Paris de Montmartel
Europe
Aix
France
Maritime
Versailles
Crowgat
Bavaria
Don Philip
Palatine
Liege
Prussia
Republick of
Genoa
Sardinia
Vienna
Silesia
Parma
Placentia
Maastricht
Aixly Chapelle
Maestricht
Bergen-op-Zoom
Switzerland
Fribourgh
Prince Edward
Avignon
Marshal Saxe
Compeigne
Rotterdam
Bourdeaux
Martinico
Rome
Hague
Holland
West- Friesland
Jast
Prince Stadtholder