The french council of commerce, 1700 1715 a study of mercantilism after colbert

... this.74 As a member of the Pontchartrain clan, Daguesseau naturally favored the interests of the new secretary of state for the navy, Jerome de Pontchartrain Daguesseau told the elder Pontchartrain... stacks of barrels and packages ready for shipment, and several groups of French merchants carrying on their business affairs The arret of 29 June 1700 that created the council affirms that the. .. is the argument of Herbert Heaton and Gabriel Ardant that mercantilism was at heart merely a fiscal instrument—that is, a means by which the state could increase its own wealth and power at the