Christophe Pélissier (football Manager)
Christophe Pélissier may refer to: * Christophe Pélissier (businessman) (1728–1779), French businessman * Christophe Pélissier (footballer) (born 1965), French manager and former footballer {{hndis, Pelissier, Christophe ...
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Christophe Pélissier (businessman)
Christophe Pélissier (29 April 1728 – before October 1779) (sometimes spelled Pellissier) was born in the parish of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Saturnin, Lyons, France, the son of François-Christophe Pélissier, a merchant, and Agathe Martaud La Rigaudière. He died, apparently in France, in 1779. He was director of the Saint-Maurice ironworks near the city of Trois-Rivières in Quebec in the mid-1770s. When the Americans invaded Quebec in 1775, Pélissier, whom his business associate Pierre de Sales Laterrière described as a "strong supporter of John Wilkes and his system of freedom", strongly supported the American cause. General Richard Montgomery met with him in December 1775 to discuss the establishment of a provincial convention for the purpose of electing representatives to the Second Continental Congress, a step Pélissier advised against until Quebec City was taken. His ironworks supplied ammunition, bombs, and cannonballs for the siege of Quebec; he also wrote a lett ...
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