93 - ARCHIVES - CHARENTE

ARCHIVES - CHARENTE A collection of archives concerning Sieur Louis d’Abbadie, a shipping broker, a native of Rochefort and residing in Tonnay (Charente), comprising: - his one-year foreign passport, issued by the Prefect of the Nord department, drawn up in Lille on June 1, 1855, on printed paper with a border of scrolls and palmettes; - a decree confirming the election of Mr. Louis d’Abbadie to the rank of captain in the Grenadiers Company of the Tonnay National Guard, dated June 14, 1831, on printed paper bearing an allegorical header depicting La Rochelle; - the certificate of award for the Medal of Saint Helena, for his service from 1792 to 1815 as a soldier in the Departmental Guard, in Italian format, on printed paper with a header depicting the Medal of Saint Helena. ATTACHED ARE other documents concerning the Simonnot family: - a decree confirming the promotion of Joseph Graindorge to the rank of sergeant in the First Company of Chasseurs of the Tonnay National Guard battalion in Charente, dated June 19, 1831; - the appointment document for Joseph-Augustin Simonnot as Principal Clerk, 1st Class, at the Charent office, La Rochelle District, effective November 1, 1840, issued by the Customs Administration in Paris on September 22, 1840. - an extract from the birth records of the town of Villeneuve-l’Archevêque (Yonne) for Victorine-Charlotte Simonnot, his daughter, born on October 17, 1824; - an extract from the civil registry records of the town of Chaumont (Haute-Marne), recording the birth of Julie-Augustine Simonnot, born on March 30, 1830. ALSO, a poem in praise of the good mayor, unsigned, titled “A Mayor, the Kind One Might Find.” 1 page, handwritten in brown ink on paper, unsigned.