SANTO DOMINGO. Béarn Regiment. Document signed by the Comman - Lot 148

SANTO DOMINGO. Béarn Regiment. Document signed by the Commander and the Captain Adjutant of the 4th Battalion detached to Santo Domingo, and by the Inspector General of Infantry. Dated at Cap Français (Santo Domingo) on July 5, 1776—Regimental wax seal. 1 folio page—Certificate for “Jean LOUVET, known as Desmarets, Corporal in the said Regiment, having served there from 1750 to 1776.... It is the King’s intention that he receive the full pay of the rank of Corporal in FOUGÈRES, Brittany,… and that the uniform he wears is from 1774, as it was impossible to provide him with a new one... since the Court did not send any fabric this year to the 4th Battalion, which is stationed in Saint-Domingue; he must be provided with a complete set of uniforms every 6 years...”

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