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Letter of appointment - Appointment of Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, Chevalier de Beauharnois to the title of knight in the Order of Saint Louis | McCord Museum
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Nomination de Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, chevalier de Beauharnois au titre de chevalier de la croix de Saint-Louis

Letter of appointment

Appointment of Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, Chevalier de Beauharnois to the title of knight in the Order of Saint Louis
Date May 23, 1749
Dimensions1 textual record ; 31.4 x 20.3 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Administrative Records
Origin Versailles, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Object NumberS001/C1.3,7.11
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentLetter from Antoine Louis Rouillé (1689-1761), secretary of state for the Marine, to Claude-Charles de Beauharnois, Chevalier de Beauharnois (1717-1784), captain in the colonial regular troops in Canada and artillery lieutenant, informing him that King Louis XV is awarding him the cross of Saint-Louis and the title of knight on the recommendation of Roland-Michel Barrin, Count of La Galissonière (1693-1756), interim governor of New France. It would be the latter’s successor, the Marquis Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière (1685-1752), who would bestow upon him the title of Chevalier.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.

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