Armand Jean Du Plessis, Duke De Richelieu (1585 1642 French cardinal and statesman who virtually controlled the nation under Louis XIII suppressed the Huguenots and the Albigensian heresy and directed the military in the Thirty Years War Ls lp small folio Abbeville, June 22 1641 to Bouthillier, Superintendent of Finances. Richelieu has received a letter from merchant Perou that payment to him for goods provided to the royal household and government chambers has not been made Richellieu instructs the Superintendent of Finances to remember his obligations and ultimately make payment to the man Light toning at folds otherwise very good