Lot 167
De Bougainville, Louis Antoine -- Document Signed During the American Revolution. (1729-1811) Montcalm's aide-de-camp from 1756-59 during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War). He helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, by which France ceded most of New France east of the Mississippi to the British, then fought against the British during the American Revolution. Promoted rear admiral and commanding the Auguste in the Comte de Grasses squadron, he distinguished himself in September 1781 in the battle of Chesapeake Bay, which led to the surrender of Yorktown. As an explorer, he became the first Frenchman to circumnavigate the globe. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Académie de Marine, and the Académie des Sciences. He was made a count by Napoleon I in 1808.
Document signed "DeBougainville," one page, 8 x 7", Brest, July 16, 1777. Approving supplies for his ship "Le Bien-aimé," a 74 gun warship, which he commanded in 1777, twelve dozen "Ballets de Boulari, pour goürettes." Signed by four other people. Fine condition. Estimate Value $500 - UP
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