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Appointment certificate - Royal confirmation for the commission of ensign in Canada granted to Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, Chevalier de Beauharnois | McCord Museum
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Confirmation royale pour la commission d'enseigne au Canada octroyée à Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, chevalier de Beauharnois

Appointment certificate

Royal confirmation for the commission of ensign in Canada granted to Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, Chevalier de Beauharnois
Date March 1, 1734
Dimensions1 textual record ; 37 x 23.9 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Government Records
Origin Marly, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A2.3,7.10
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentLouis XV urges the governor of New France to appoint Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, Chevalier de Beauharnois (1717-1784), as an ensign on the active list in the colonial regular troops in Canada on March 9, 1734. Beauharnois is to take the place of Louis-Joseph Marchand de Lignery (1695-1734), who had died. After this appointment as an ensign in the French troops in Canada, Beauharnois would go on to have a brilliant career. Previously, he had served as a midshipman in Rochefort. He worked his way up to become a captain in the colonial regular troops and served in several forts in North America before returning to France in 1750 to serve in the navy. He was awarded the cross of Saint-Louis in 1749.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Signatures and inscriptions: signed “Louis” and countersigned “Phélypeaux.”



Physical description: two sheets held together by a red wax seal.



Language of the document: the document is in French.
Status
Not on view

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