The Queen had to pay her bills like everyone else. Above is a voucher from the household accounts of Marie-Antoinette. (From
Vive la Reine.) To quote:
The manuscript document, in French, is addressed to Marc Antoine
Francois Marie Randon de la Tour, Treasurer General at the House of
Finances, and demands that he pays her nine Grand Foot valets, who have
served during the last quarter of October, November and December, the
sum of 270 livres, being 30 livres each, in consideration of their
services. The document concludes ‘This letter to you should suffice as a
note for a sum of 270 livres to be allowed and allocated as an expense
against our account by our dear and beloved treasurer of the King, our
honoured Lord and Husband in Paris….’ The document bears a secretarial
signature of Marie Antoinette at the conclusion, alongside which she has
added her authentic signature.
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