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Certificat de bonne conduite en faveur d'un sergent de la compagnie de Froment du régiment de Carignan-Salières

Good conduct certificate

Certificate of good conduct issued to a sergeant in the Froment company of the Carignan-Salières regiment
Date October 13, 1668
Dimensions1 textual record ; 21.1 x 32.5 cm
Origin Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C1.3,7.1
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentLetter from Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles (1626-1698), governor of New France, describing the excellent service of a certain La Cour, sergeant in the company of Pierre-André de Froment, captain in the Carignan-Salières regiment. This regiment arrived in Canada in 1665 to fight the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). In 1668 the regiment was demobilized, and this certificate of good conduct testifies to the soldier’s discharge from the army.  
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Signatures and inscriptions: signed “Courcelle” and countersigned “Depeiras.”



Physical description: red wax seal.



General notes: transcription available.



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

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