Louis Constantin, Prince de ROHAN-MONBAZON, Chevalier de Mal - Lot 167

Louis Constantin, Prince de ROHAN-MONBAZON, Chevalier de Malte, Chef d'Escadre des Armées Navales de Sa Majesté, Commandant l'Escadre du Roi (Louis XV). Governor of St Domingue and the French Leeward Islands in 1766. Signed, for copy, "LALANDELLE", on the letterhead, and in the name of the Prince de ROHAN. Aboard the "DÉFENSEUR" in the harbor of BREST (Finistère) on April 21, 176: "Monsieur de MONTEIL Capitaine des Vaisseaux du Roy, Commandant la Frégate LA LICORNE, will receive aboard the named Claude HUOT, cy-devant Soldat de la Brigade (sic Brigatte) de Saint Julien passager pour les Colonies. He will have him put in the Iron (in prison), on board until his departure from the Wing." 1 page (31 x 19.5 cm)