Certificate of membership in the Society of the Cincinnati for Pierre François de Boy

Certificate of membership in the Society of the Cincinnati for Pierre François de Boy

A Paris 1789

[1] p. on 2 conjugate leaves ; 23 cm.

MSS L2018F172 M

Signed: A Paris le 1er décembre 1789 Lafayette.|This is an unrecorded handwritten affidavit declaring that de Boy's service during the revolutionary war met eligibility requirements for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati (there is no record that de Boy was ever actually admitted to membership).|"Nous certifions avoir examiné les titres qui constatent que Monsieur de Boy a servi comme Major dans l'armee des Etat-Unis depuis le 17 octobre 1776 jusqu'en 1779 ..."|Right bottom corner torn away.

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