Joseph Pellerin
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Joseph Pellerin was a French Intendant-General of the Navy, first Commissioner of the Navy as well as a celebrated numismatic pioneer.
Pellerin at 98 years of age
Pellerin surrounded by some of his coins
Arnaud I de La Porte
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Arnaud I de Laporte was a French administrator in New France.
Joseph Pellerin
…Louis XIV and one of the great exponents of the French baroque motet, among his many other masterpieces. His daughter, also called Marie-Anne, married Arnaud I de La Porte (or De Laporte) in 1737 who later inherited the Pellerin offices after the premature death of Joseph Jr. The La Porte brothers were to prove very…
The de La Porte arms, engraved by his son, the bishop of Carcassonne
Portrait of Madame de La Porte by Jean-Marc Nattier