[8] Unpublished Diary of Dubuisson-Aubenay, cited by M. Chéruel in the Mémoires sur N. Foucquet, Vol. I, p. 7.
[9] Histoire de Colbert et de son administration, by Pierre Clement. Paris, Didier, 1874, Vol. I, p. 15.
[10] Mémoires sur la vie publique et privée de Foucquet, by A. Chéruel, Inspector-General of Education. Paris, Charpentier, 1862, Vol. I, pp. 86-88.
[11] Bibliothèque Nationale, MSS. collection Gaignieres. This letter is quoted by Chéruel, I, p. 183.
[12] Histoire financière de la France, by A. Bailly. Paris, 1830, Vol. I, p. 357.
[13] In 1651, Foucquet received from Marie-Madeleine de Castille, the daughter of François de Castille, his wife, one hundred thousand livres, the house in the Rue du Temple, the abode of the Castille family, as well as the buildings adjoining, which were let at 2200 livres. (Cf. Jal, Dictionnaire, article on Foucquet)
[14] Cf. Eug. Grésy, Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Melun, 1861.
[15] Archives de la Bastille, Vol. II, p, 171 et seq.
[16] Anne of Austria (trans.)
[17] Her son, Louis XIV (trans.)