LOUIS XIV and CATALONIA. 1706. Commission de Contrôleur de l - Lot 107

LOUIS XIV and CATALONIA. 1706. Commission de Contrôleur de l'Artillerie dans l'Équipage de l'Armée de France (de Louis XIV) en Catalogne et Roussillon for Sieur MOULLARD Sieur des Morandières. Done in Paris on March 11, 1706. Signed and headed by Joseph CAMUS DESTOUCHES, Conseiller du Roy, Contrôleur général de l'artillerie de France. (Louis XIV led an offensive war on the borders of Roussillon and waged war in Catalonia, during the War of Spanish Succession from 1701 to 1714). "... Charge de Commis à la suite de l'Équipage d'Artillerie destiné pour l'armée que Sa Majesté doit entretenir en ROUSSILLON et dans la CATALOGNE et L'ARRAGON pendant la Campagne prochaine. "To make with Mr. RIGOLLOT, Lieutenant General of Artillery, the watches and receptions, views and reviews, of the commissioners Gunners, that of trade, horses, carters and other officers who can be employed with the train and tirail of Artillery, to see to make the payments of their wages and extraordinary appointements, salaries, and rewards, and to assist with contracts and purchases of all kinds of ammunition, as well as for the carriage and transport of stones, powder, lead, wick, cannonballs and other ammunition of any kind whatsoever, and for the construction of works for blockades and sieges, which may be ordered...". Parchment (33 x 51 cm). Seal under paper with arms. Condition A.