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Country
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FR
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Name of institution (English)
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Archives of the Aix Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Language of name of institution
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fra
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Contact information: postal address
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Palais de la Bourse 9, la Canebière 13001 Marseille
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Contact information: phone number
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0033 0491393473
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Contact information: email
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patrimoine-culturel@cciamp.com
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Reference number
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GG
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Type of reference number
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Archival reference number
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Title (English)
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Religious affairs. Public education. Health care. Assistance.
Enslaved people in the Levant and Barbary.
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Title (official language of the state)
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Affaires religieuses. Instruction publique. Santé. Assistance.
Esclaves en Levant et Barbarie.
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Language of title
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fra
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Creator / accumulator
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Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence
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Date(s)
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1597/1800
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Language(s)
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fra
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Extent
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4,000 linear metres (80,000 works; 11,500 engravings, paintings and watercolors; 100,000 photographs; 4,400 advertising posters)
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Type of material
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Graphic Material
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Photographic Images
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Textual Material
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Scope and content
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The Affaires religieuses. Instruction publique. Santé. Assistance. Esclaves en Levant et Barbarie collection comprises documentation produced by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence on issues related to religious affairs, public education, health and assistance, and enslaved people. Some documents in this collection reflect the participation of Sephardim and New Christians in networks, trade and commerce in the Early Modern Period, such as the following:
G.5.: contains information regarding some Jews expelled from Marseilles in 1682 who found refuge in Livorno.
H.56.: contains information about some Jews of Livorno, including Gabriel Medina and Samuel Abraham Lusena, who ordered sea captains from Provence to build vessels to sail to the Levant and trade on their behalf, aiming to elude the ban that kept Jews from trading in Marseilles. Livorno, January 27, 1702.
K.80.: contains information on Moses Franco and Jacob Sarmento, from Livorno, who, at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), excommunicated coreligionists who had financed the construction of some French ships.
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Archival history
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The Archives de la Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence are open to the public since 1913. It is primarily an institutional archive that reflects the activities of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix Marseille Provence since its foundation. The reading room is located at the Palais de la Bourse.
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(source: Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence website)
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Administrative / Biographical history
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The Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence was created on August 5, 1599, to protect the French trade against pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. It was recognised by letters patent from King Henri IV on April 15, 1600.
In March 1669, the king of France gave the Chamber a monopoly on French trade in the port of Marseille on the condition that 25,000 "livres tournois" (currency) would be paid each year for the maintenance of water canals and structures.
Among the oldest in the world, the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence served as a reference model for the foundation of similar institutions in other regions of France and elsewhere.
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(source: Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Aix Marseille Provence website)
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Access, restrictions
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The CCIAMP collections are available in the Palais de la Bourse reading room by appointment for consultation.
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Author of the description
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Kevin Soares, 2023
