Editing John Law (economist) (section)

==Properties and titles==

When arriving in Paris in 1714 Law made his home in Place Louis-le-Grand, now [[place Vendôme]], in the {{ill|Hôtel de Gramont (Paris){{!}}Hôtel de Gramont|fr|Hôtel de Gramont (Paris)}} where he hosted and entertained various Parisian nobles. On {{date|1718-6-30}} he purchased the ''Hôtel Langlée'' on 19 rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, now 46-54 [[rue des Petits-Champs]] in Paris, and moved there after due renovations. In July 1718, he started buying lots with entrances on the Place Vendôme, and ended up owning most of that square before his downfall.<ref name=Buchan>{{cite book |author=James Buchan |title=John Law: A Scottish Adventurer in the Eighteenth Century |location=London |publisher=MacLehose Press |date=2019}}</ref>{{rp|171}} The Hôtel Langlée was later demolished, and the lots on Place Vendôme sold by the French state in the restructuring following Law's flight from the country. 

Law also acquired a number of suburban estates and properties in [[Normandy]] and farther away from Paris, amassing a significant land and real estate portfolio. On {{date|1718-4-30}}, he purchased the {{ill|Château de la Marche (Marnes-la-Coquette){{!}}Château de la Marche|fr|Château de la Marche (Marnes-la-Coquette)}} from [[Nicolas Desmarets]]. On {{date|1718-6-30}}, the same day as his acquisition of the Parisian Hôtel Langlée, he bought the [[Château de Tancarville]] from [[Louis Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne]], comte d'Evreux.{{R|Buchan|p=169-171}} Law then acquired the estates of [[Toucy]], [[Château de Valençay|Valençay]] and {{ill|Château de Roissy{{!}}Roissy|fr|Château des Caramans}} in the second half of 1719, and [[Château d'Orcher|Orcher]], {{ill|Château d'Effiat{{!}}Effiat|fr|Château d'Effiat}}, [[Château de Guermantes|Guermantes]] and {{ill|Château d'Yville{{!}}Yville|fr|Château d'Yville}} in the course of 1720.{{R|Buchan|p=423-424}}

On {{date|1719-5-10}} Law purchased the western part of the former ''Palais Mazarin'' known as the [[Hôtel de Nevers (rue de Richelieu)|Hôtel de Nevers]].{{R|Buchan|p=201}} In September 1719, he negotiated with {{ill|Paul Jules de La Porte|de}} to purchase the rest of the Palais Mazarin, and bought six houses bordering rue Vivienne on the western side, then went on to acquire the entire city block including the [[Hôtel Tubeuf]].{{R|Buchan|p=235}} In 1720, Law relocated the Indies Company there. In late October of that year, the site also became the official location for the [[Paris stock exchange]], following the closure of the market's previous incarnation at rue Quincampoix on {{date|1720-3-22}} (even though unregulated trading lingered there) and subsequent short-lived venues on [[place Vendôme]] and in the garden of the [[Hôtel de Soissons]].{{R|Buchan|p=274, 315, 335}} Law commissioned Venetian painter [[Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini]] to redecorate the first-floor gallery of the Hôtel de Nevers for the purpose of hosting the company's shareholders meetings.{{R|Buchan|p=236}} After Law's downfall, the restructured [[French Indies Company]] remained in the Hôtel Tubeuf and the stock market in that building's rear garden bordering rue Vivienne, while the Hôtel de Nevers was granted in 1725 to the Royal Library which later became the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] (now its ''Site Richelieu'').

Some of the acquisitions gave Law the right to use nobility titles, such as Marquess of Toucy.<ref>{{cite web |website=L'Yonne Républicaine |url=https://www.lyonne.fr/toucy-89130/actualites/huit-dates-pour-connaitre-john-law-marquis-de-toucy-et-inventeur-du-systeme-bancaire-moderne_13859145/ |date={{date|2020-10-22}} |title=Huit dates pour connaître John Law, marquis de Toucy et inventeur du système bancaire moderne |author=Olivier Richard}}</ref> Law appears not to have taken advantage of that option, however, except in isolated cases of notarized documents that refer to him as Count of Tancarville.{{R|Buchan|p=170}} He has been occasionally said to have claimed or aimed at the title of "Duke of Arkansas" for his company's endeavors in the Mississippi valley,<ref>{{cite web |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/john-laws-concession-5982/ |date={{date|2023-6-16}} |author=Caty Henderson |title=John Law’s Concession}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB963962824825447114 |publisher=Crown Business |date=July 2000 |title=The Rich and How They Got That Way: How the Wealthiest People of All Time--from Genghis Khan to Bill Gates--Made Their Fortunes |author=Cynthia Crossen}}</ref> but this assertion, generally made in the United States, has no documentary basis.<ref name=Buchan>{{cite book |author=James Buchan |title=John Law: A Scottish Adventurer in the Eighteenth Century |location=London |publisher=MacLehose Press |date=2019}}</ref>{{rp|208}}

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File:Hôtel Gramont Paris 1.jpg|John Law's rented home from 1714 to 1718 on Place Vendôme, now [[Hôtel Ritz Paris]]
File:Roissy-en-France - Chateau de Roissy - Facades principales.jpg|Château de Roissy, demolished in 1794
File:Guermantes château 1.jpg|Château de Guermantes
File:Château du Miton.jpg|Château de Toucy
File:Tancarville-FR-76-chateau-a8.jpg|Château de Tancarville
File:Château Gonfreville 07 2005.jpg|Château d'Orcher
File:Chateau dYville North Side.jpg|Château d'Yville
File:Valencay-chateau-1.jpg|Château de Valençay
File:Effiat castle Auvergne.jpg|Château d'Effiat
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