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A . Famous Frenchman.
"THE COLBERT TERCENTENARY.
mi ' PARIS, 20th Ainnist.
tc?Fcntcna7, ot Jean Baptiste 01-
... i elnfi cdebrated throughout the
ilcot; and in all I1 rench ports to-day
.1rlv?. l'?rt n. famous French Minister
ol .Murine and Finance, who in IG70 reor-
S-...SCQ uie i-rencn Meet. in IOCS, when
he took office us Minister of Marine, lie
lomid J' ranee possessed only a. few rotten
ships. \Y ithm three years France possessed
a fleet of 00.- ships of the line and "40
frigates.
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