Dumont de Montigny

JeanFranoisBenjamin Dumont de Montigny, or Dumont de Montigny, was a colonial officer and farmer in French Louisiana in the 18th160century. He was born in Paris, France, on July16031, 1696, and died in 1760 in Pondicherry, India. His writings about French Louisiana include a twovolume history published in 1753, as well as an epic poem and a prose memoir preserved in manuscript and published long after his death.

In 1738, Dumont returned to France, along with his wife and two children, Marie Franoise, born November 28, 1731, and JeanFranois, baptized in New Orleans on January 2, 1733. He took up residence in PortLouis, Morbihan, the port from which he had sailed to Louisiana. As captain of the gates in the citadel of PortLouis, he again quarreled with his superior officers. In 1747, he wrote out a 443page memoir of his life, dedicated to BelleIsle.

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