A Literary Tour de France
Blois
Summary
Population: | 11,300 in 1780. |
Book Trade: | four booksellers and two small printers |
Institutions: | bishopric. Royal subdélégation, bailliage court of justice, and tax élection. |
Culture: | small college, military and surgical schools, society of agriculture. Garrison town. literacy (for entire département): male 30%, female 17%. |
Communications: | port on Loire river. Overnight stop on diligence post road from Paris to Tours. |
Economy: | wine and spirits (Loire valley), horses, wood and timber, stones, woolens and glass. |