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Valentin Jautard
Canadian lawyer and journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Valentin Jautard (c. 1738 – 8 June 1787) was a French-born Canadian lawyer and journalist. [1] Born in Bordeaux, He is best known for his welcome of invading American troops in 1775 during the American Revolution, saying "our chains are broken, blissful liberty restores us to ourselves."[1]
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Place Valentin-Jautard, a small park in Montreal on Mont-Royal Avenue East, near the building of the Journal de Montreal newspaper, is named after Jautard.[2]
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