Historical documents on a Luxembourg soldier in the Revolutionary Army
LUXEMBOURG. Large collection of documents concerning a Luxembourg soldier in the Revolutionary Army and later in Napoleon's Army. Documents concerning François Bourgeois de Grevenmacher:
1) Appointment as Courier adjoint à Cheval (Coblenz, 1812)
2) Naturalization by William, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, 1818 (in 2 languages on 2 pages).
Vellum, dry stamp + letter in Dutch on the same subject
3) Certificate of medical examination, Nivose An 5
4) Resignation as second lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Half-Brigade of Line Infantry, Ventose An 5
5) Brevet de sous-lieutenant, Germinal An 4.
Signature of Minister of War Claude-Louis Petiet (1749-1806).
6) Service record drawn up in Floreal An 5 for the period 1791-1794.
7) Appointment as "Commis à pied des Accises" at the Grevenmacher office, 1819.
8) Appointment as 1st Class Foot Clerk in Arlon, 1820 & 1823 (2 documents)
9) Appointment as Receiver in Heinsch, Luxembourg, July 31, 1823
10) Appointment as Receiver in Villers devant Orval, December 1823
11) Diploma of Appointment as Brigadier de Seigneulx, enclosed identical document in Dutch, 1818
12) Letter accepting promotion, then sub-brigadier in Grevenmacher, 1817
13) Appointment as visitor to Frisange, 1827
Various ancillary documents: Receipt for pension payment, filiation document made in Grevenmacher in 1833, handwritten document from 1820)
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