Manuscript. Pension granted by the King to the Marquis d'Ambly. Copy of the letter-patent of 1766 granting Claude-Jean-Antoine, Marquis d'Ambly, a pension of one thousand livres in the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis, by order of the King, Louis XV. This pension and appointment as chevalier de l'Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis were in recognition of the actions of the Marquis (he was, in fact, made Marquis two years after the granting of this first pension) d'Ambly during the Seven Years' War. Brown ink on cream paper, cursive script, bound, generally legible. Margin to left. Very good condition, trace of an erased stamp in the left margin. Dimensions: folded, 20x32cm; unfolded, 40x32cm.