French military officer (1725–1807) who made a substantial contribution to the American Revolution, including a leading role in the defeat of Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. Lengthy handwritten endorsement in French, signed “Le Cte de Rochambeau,” on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, 7.25 x 9, September 25, 1788. Rochambeau approves a pay request, writing, in part (translated): “I have verified in person the unworthy state of M. de Boisbrule and his entire family and I request…the Count of Brienne to kindly complete the good action he has taken, by granting them this extra pay.” The main document, in part: “The Sr. de Bois Brule, a Knight of St. Louis…is at present with his wife and six children in a room in a barracks in the area occupied by the Dutch, and doesn’t have a penny for traveling to the place which he has been appointed. I request the Count of Brienne to have the kindness to give him extra pay of six hundred livres to transport his family to Avesnes and to meet the expenses of the first six months of the appointment.” In fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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