SAINT ALLAIS (M. De)Livre Rare Book
Anthony Hamilton Antoine Hamilton Count Hamilton Jacobite memoirist. Autograph Signature 'Anthoine sic Hamilton' and Note to vellum receipt for sum spent 'pour mes appointements de cappitaine au Regimant D'Hamilton' during 1675 campaign.
réf. 21172France. 1675. The context is explained in Hamilton's entry in the Oxford DNB: 'Anthony Hamilton joined his brother George in France in 1667 and was given a captain's commission in the French army. In 1671 he and his younger brother Richard joined a regiment of foot which George raised in Ireland for the service of Louis XIV. They served in the Franco-Dutch War of 1672–8.' On 12 x 19 cm piece of vellum. In good condition with spike hole and bottom corners snipped. Entire document in French. The main text consists of ten lines of text in a stylized secretarial hand with Hamilton's split signature at the bottom: the word 'Anthoine' being at the bottom left and the word 'Hamilton' at bottom right. Autograph description by Hamilton on the reverse: 'Pour servir de quittance de la somme de quatre cens cinquante livures pour mes appointements de cappitaine au Regimant D'Hamilton pandant les six mois de campagne de lannée 1675'. See Image. [France. 1675.] hardcover
Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni320,00 £GB≈ 380,83 €
