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    Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1 September 1726 – 22 February 1803) was a French "Father of the American Revolution", but later an opponent of the...
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    the house towards the river view in the modern fashion. In 1750, Jacques-Donatien Le Ray purchased the castle as a country home where he established a glassmaking...
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  • named for Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, son of Benjamin Franklin's landlord and friend at Passy in France. The village of Chaumont is in the town...
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  • actor and film director Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1726–1803), French aristocrat Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725–1807)...
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    James LeRay de Chaumont. James LeRay originally came to the North Country in order to regain his family’s fortune. Jacques Donatien LeRay de Chaumont, James...
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    to Château de Passy), Rue Bois-le-Vent, to present-day Rue de l'Annonciation. The Hôtel was last owned by Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, who bought...
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  • Senator from Ohio from 1837 to 1849 (died 1879) February 22 – Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, "Father of the American Revolution" (born 1726 in France;...
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    Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda Benjamin Franklin Bache Edward Bancroft William Carmichael Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont Anne Emmanuel de Croÿ...
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    – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713) February 22 – Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, French Father of the American Revolution (b. 1726) February...
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    Benjamin Franklin (category Les Neuf Sœurs)
    lived in a home in the Parisian suburb of Passy, donated by Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, who supported the United States. Franklin remained in France...
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