Note 52 — BOOK VII[1]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
M. Decazes resigned on the 17th of February. The Moniteur of the 21st of February published three Orders, signed on the preceding day: the first accepting M. Decazes' resignation, the second appointing M. le Duc de Richelieu President of the Council, and the third conferring upon M. Decazes the title of duke and of minister of State.—B.