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and sent back to France in 1761. His campaign journals are held by a government library in Quebec, and are important historic resources. In France he had become the seigneur of Léry after his father's death.
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he proved himself to be an outstanding officer and was one of only a few colonial officers held in high esteem by the
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Chaussegros de Léry was not given any opportunities by the French. He returned to
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