. . . . . . . . . . . "Jacques de Meulles est une personnalit\u00E9 fran\u00E7aise qui fut intendant de la Nouvelle-France (1682\u20131686). Il d\u00E9c\u00E8de en mai 1703, probablement \u00E0 Orl\u00E9ans en France."@fr . "926435438"^^ . . . . . "Jacques de Meulles, seigneur of La Source (died 1703), was intendant (1682\u201386) and interim governor general of New France. He was the son of Pierre de Meulles, king's councillor, treasurer-general of war supplies; d. 1703. As chief administrator of the Colony, he issued playing cards as legal tender from 1684 onwards owing to a shortage of coins. The funds were used, in part, to pay soldiers who arrived in New France since 1665 to protect and built the colony."@en . "18361424"^^ . "Jacques de Meulles"@en . . "Jacques de Meulles est une personnalit\u00E9 fran\u00E7aise qui fut intendant de la Nouvelle-France (1682\u20131686). Il d\u00E9c\u00E8de en mai 1703, probablement \u00E0 Orl\u00E9ans en France."@fr . . . "Jacques de Meulles, seigneur of La Source (died 1703), was intendant (1682\u201386) and interim governor general of New France. He was the son of Pierre de Meulles, king's councillor, treasurer-general of war supplies; d. 1703. As chief administrator of the Colony, he issued playing cards as legal tender from 1684 onwards owing to a shortage of coins. The funds were used, in part, to pay soldiers who arrived in New France since 1665 to protect and built the colony. He frequently came into conflict with Louis de Buade de Frontenac, the governor of New France, including a dispute over the siting of Quebec (Meulles wanted to rebuild it further into the lower-town). After his colonial career, he retired to Orl\u00E9ans."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Jacques de Meulles"@fr . . . . . . . . . . "1292"^^ .