Château Ramezay - Musée et site historique de Montréal
Stone colonial mansion once used as Continental Army headquarters during the American invasion.
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This guide to Chateau Ramezay in Montreal follows Benjamin Franklin's mission here in the spring of 1776, when Congress sent him and two colleagues to win the loyalty of French Canadians for the revolution, arriving five months after American soldiers had already turned the old governor's mansion into their headquarters. It traces the building's earlier brush with disaster, a 1756 fire, and how the rebuilding gave the chateau the thick stone walls you see today. Listen for what convinced Franklin the mission wasn't worth finishing.
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