The Hospital Nuns Sent Us A Letter Of
Compliment Early In The Morning; The Ursulines Also, With Beautiful
Presents, Wax Candles, Rosaries, A Crucifix, And, At Dinner, Two Excellent
Pigeon-Pies.
I sent them two images, in enamel, of St. Ignatius and St
Francois Xavier.
We gave to M. Giffard the 'Life of Our Lord,' by F.
Bonnet; to M. des Chatelets, a little volume of Drexellius on Eternity; to
M. Bourdon, a telescope and compass, and to others, reliquaries, rosaries,
medals, images, etc. We gave a crucifix to the woman who washes the Church
linen, a bottle of rum to Abraham, and four handkerchiefs to his wife;
some books of devotion to others, and two handkerchiefs to Robert Hache;
he asked for more and we gave them to him. I went to see M. Giffard, M.
Couillard and Mademoiselle de Repentigny. The Ursulines sent to beg I
would come and see them before the end of the day. I went; and paid my
compliments also to Madame de la Peltrie, who had sent us presents. I was
near leaving this out, which would have been a great oversight. At home, I
gave to our Fathers and Brothers what I thought they would like best. I
had given beforehand to F. De Quen, for Sillery, all he chose to take from
my room, and a choice present for Father Masse." - Journal, p. 24.
[13] Histoire de la Colonie Francaise en Canada, Vol. III., p. 384.
[14] History of Emily Montague, 4 Vols., 1767 - London.
[15] The "dear man," in a concluding paragraph, dated 1st July, 1766, to
John Temple, Esq., Pall-Mall, London, says: "Adieu! I am going to attend a
very handsome French lady, who allows me the honour to drive her en
calashe to our Canadian Hyde Park, the road to St. Foix, where you
will see forty or fifty calashes, with pretty women in them, parading
every evening." - (History of Emily Montague, Vol. I., p. 25.) The
handsome Colonel Rivers, who so fancied his drives on the Foye road in
1766, the writer was told by Hon. W. Sheppard, was no other than the
gallant Colonel Henry Caldwell, Wolfe's Assistant Quartermaster-General at
the battle of the Plains, in 1759 - the "Laird of Belmont" - who died at
Quebec in 1810, a friend, no doubt, of the clever Mrs. Brookes who wrote
this novel.
[16] Histoire de l'Hotel-Dieu de Quebec (Mere Juchereau, 511.)
[17] Histoire de l'Hotel-Dieu, Casgrain, p. 81.
[18] To Let. - That elegant house, No. 6 Port Louis Street, lately occupied
by H.R.H. Prince Edward, and at present by the Lord Bishop of Quebec. For
particulars, apply to Miss Mabane, or to Munro & Bell, Quebec. - 4th March,
1794 (Quebec Gazette, 1794.)
[19] Montgomery's House is now a much frequented stand for the sale of
cigars, candies, newspapers, &c., to tourists.
[20] William Brown, uncle to the Neilsons, was a Scotchman from
Philadelphia, who had been induced to print a journal in Quebec from the
representations and information he had collected from William Laing, a
Quebec merchant tailor, whom he had met in Scotland.
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