François Poulin de Francheville, Seigneur de Saint-Maurice (7 October 1692 – November 1733) was a Montreal merchant who was granted permission by the King of France to mine the iron ore deposits on his seigneury in 1730.[1] In 1730, Francheville founded the Compagnie des Forges de Saint-Maurice,[2][3] but he died three years later.[4][5]
The ironworks — Forges du St-Maurice — built near the town of Trois-Rivières (in present-day Quebec), were the only iron industry enterprise in New France. In 1736, the ironworks were taken over by a company that went bankrupt in 1741. The ironworks then became the property of the Crown, and began producing artillery pieces and objects of everyday use, such as pots and stoves.[3]
Francheville had bequeathed ownership of his slave, Marie-Joseph Angélique, to his wife; the following year, Angélique was convicted for starting the 1734 fire of Montreal.[6]
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edit- ^ "Biography – POULIN DE FRANCHEVILLE, FRANÇOIS – Volume II (1701-1740) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
- ^ "Établissement des Forges du Saint-Maurice".
- ^ a b www.ixmedia.com. "Articles - Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage". www.ameriquefrancaise.org.
- ^ L'Ancêtre. Société de généalogie de Québec. 2004.
- ^ Mémoires Et Comptes Rendus de la Société Royale Du Canada. Royal Society of Canada. 1934.
- ^ Cooper, Afua. "Marie-Joseph Angélique".
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