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(Frontenac Au Ministre, 4 Nov., 1694) Accordingly, He And The
Intendant Sold Six Licenses For The Fur Trade, But At A Rate Unusually
Low, For They Brought Only 4,400 Francs.
The King hearing of this sent 6,000 more.
Frontenac is profuse in
thanks, and at the same time begs for another 6,000 francs, "to
complete a work which is the ornament and beauty of the city" (1696).
The Minister sent 8,000 more, which was soon gone; and Frontenac drew
on the royal treasurer for 5,047 in addition. The Intendant complains
of his extravagance, and says that he will have nothing but
perfection; and that besides the chateau, he has insisted on building
two guard-houses, with mansard roofs, at the two sides of the gate. "I
must do as he says," adds the Intendant, "or there will be a quarrel."
(Champigny au Ministre, 13 Oct., 1697). In a letter written two
days after, Frontenac speaks with great complacency of his chateau,
and asks for another 6,000 francs to finish it. As the case was urgent
he sold six more licenses at 1,000 francs each, but he died too soon
to see the completion of his favorite work (1698). The new chateau was
not finished before 1700, and even then it had no cistern. In a pen
sketch of Quebec, on a manuscript map of 1699, preserved in the Depot
de Cartes de la Marine, the new chateau is distinctly represented. In
front is a gallery or balcony resting on a wall and buttresses at the
edge of the cliff.
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