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| | Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online |
 | | PROUVILLE DE TRACY, ALEXANDRE DE, Marquis (or Chevalier), seigneur of Tracy-le-Val and Tracy-le-Mont (Picardy), king’s counsellor, commissary general of the French army in Germany, commander-in-chief of the troops, lieutenant-general of America, commandant of Dunkirk, then of the Château Trompette at Bordeaux; b. |
 | | Preceded by his 24 guards, all dressed in His Majesty’s colours, and by four pages, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, the Chevalier de Chaumont*, and followed by six lackeys and several officers in sumptuous dress, the king’s representative proceeded from the port to the church amidst the acclamations of the crowd. |
 | | Mother Marie de l’Incarnation went further, saying that he “won over everyone by his good works and by the great examples of virtue and religion which he has given the whole country.” Indeed, his charity was admirable. |
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