SWISS REGIMENTS. 3 Pièces: WITTMER (André de) Écuyer, Chevalier de Saint Louis, Colonel of the SUISSE regiment of his name; Maréchal des Camps des armées du Roy. Signed DE WITTMER, as well as his wife. He authorizes his wife to collect the sum of 67 livres 4 Sols 7 Deniers on account of an annuity on the Aydes et Gabelles. Fait à Paris ce 18 Février 1747. Parchment 1p in-8° oblong + (RÉGIMENT des GARDES SUISSES) Piece signed SCHMID (François Martin de) Sous-lieutenant in the Régiment des Gardes-Suisses. Receipt for the sum of 200 Livres year 1775. Vellum 1p in 8 oblong + (RÉGIMENT SUISSE DE COURTEN) Piece signed VOGEL (François Joseph de) Lieutenant in the Swiss Regiment of COURTEN. Receipt for the sum of 250 Livres. Done at WEISSEMBOURG (Vissembourg. (BAS-RHIN), May 11, 1775 - vellum 1p in 8 oblong.

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