1771 St. Louis manuscript document in French

Heading: (Missouri, 1771)
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Title: 1771 Promise of Payment Document in French
Place Published: [St. Louis, MO.]
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Date Published: 1771
Description:

2 pp. manuscript document. 22.5x36 cm (9x14").

"...Pierre Baron promises to pay to Eugene Poure Beausoleil, an officer...the sum of 498 livres...for values received...promises to pay by the month of March next year 1772..." signed by the parties and witnessed by Don Pedro Piernas, Lieutenant Governor, at St. Louis.
Condition Report: Browning and chipping to edges with no loss to text; originally folded in four, one part separated at fold, but present; good.