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Louis-Emmanuel Ephemera 1808 [183029]

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Louis-Emmanuel Ephemera 1808 [183029]
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Tax table published under the reign of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia & Italy, as well as a handwritten letter composed by Louis -Emmanuel, Count of Corvetto . The tax table is date July 25, 1858, while the letter is dated June 5, 1808,
Luigi Emanuele Corvetto was born in Genoa, Italy, on 12 July 1756. His family originated in Nervi, 6.2 miles east of Genoa. He was the oldest son of Luigi Corvetto and Maddalena Turpia. His father was a professor of civil architecture in Genoa and his mother was from a family of merchants doing business in Amsterdam. At the age of eleven he entered the church school at Genoa, where he did well in classical studies and showing a strong taste for literature. He then studied law, specializing in commercial and maritime law. He spoke excellent French. In 1788 Corvetto married Anna Schiaffino in Geneo, from a well-known trading family.
Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; full name.
Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also known as Piedmont-Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independent, united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878. Borrowing from the old Latin title Pater Patriae of the Roman emperors, the Italians gave him the epithet of Father of the Fatherland (Italian: Padre della Patria).
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