1728. "BRITAIN. Dismissal of half of the MILICES . Order of Jean-Baptiste DES GALOIS, knight, Lord of LA TOUR, Commissioner assigned by his Majesty (Louis XV) for the execution of his orders in the Province of BRITAIN. Done in RENNES (35) on October 2, 1728. "The King wanting to make enjoy the Militias raised in his Kingdom of the grace which it was promised to them to dismiss half of them after two years of service .... In the prescribed form..." He asks for the State of the Militiamen of each Parish. Handwritten subscriptions. Folder (44 x 34) State C

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