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Appointment certificate - Appointment of Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis of Vaudreuil, to the rank of general and special attorney | McCord Museum
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Nomination de Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil, au grade de procureur général et spécial

Appointment certificate

Appointment of Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis of Vaudreuil, to the rank of general and special attorney
Date March 10, 1789
Dimensions1 textual record ; 24 x 18.9 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Government Records
Origin La Rochelle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A2.3,7.20
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentAppointment certified by the royal notaries of Saint-Jean d’Angely of Louis-Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis of Vaudreuil (1724-1802), rear admiral and commander of the Marine in Rochefort, to the position of general and special attorney. This appointment allowed him to participate in the general assembly of the three states of the seneschalty of Saintonge, in the city of Saintes, aimed at electing representatives to be sent to the Estates General. These Estates General had been ordered by the king in a letter sent January 24, 1789.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Signatures and inscriptions: signed by Lemoyne de Sevigny and sealed by Varangue and Bergier, royal notaries; stamped de La Rochelle.



Physical description: 2½  pages.



Language of the document: the document is in French.



General notes: file includes the lower part of a document without an accession number, bearing a signature and date, that does not belong to the main document.
Status
Not on view

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