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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jean Talon |
 | | The annexation of the New Netherlands to the French domain, which he suggested to Colbert, was not favoured by the king. |
 | | He returned to France in 1672, after having, during his last weeks in office, created many seigniories for officers of the Carignan regiment, thereby contributing to the development of colonization and to the foundation of an aristocracy. |
 | | By establishing administrative and judiciary institutions that lasted throughout the entire French regime, by encouraging industry and commerce, fostering charitable works, creating new centres of population, and fortifying the colony's frontiers he prepared the way with remarkable foresight for the future development of the country, and ranks among the foremost makers of Canada. |
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