At the corner of Treasury
and Buade Streets, on the west, Jean Cote possessed a piece of ground
(emplacement) which he presented as a dowry in 1649, to his daughter
Simonne, who married Pierre Soumandre.
The grounds of the Archbishop's Palace formed part of the field possessed
by Couillard, whose house stood in the now existing garden of the
Seminary, opposite the gate which faces the principal alley, the
foundations of which were discovered and brought to light by the Abbe
Laverdiere in 1866. The Union Hotel was for years the meeting place of our
festive ancestors, when the assembly balls brought together the Saxon and
the Gaul; it also recalls warlike memories of 1812.
THE AMERICAN PRISONERS.
In looking over old fyles of our city journals, we find in the Quebec
Mercury of 15th September, 1812, the following item:
"On Friday, arrived here the detained prisoners taken with Gen. Hull,
at Detroit. The non-commissioned officers and privates immediately
embarked on board of transports in the harbour, which are to serve as
their prison. The commissioned officers were liberated on their
parole. They passed Saturday morning at the Union Hotel, where they
were the gazing-stock of the multitude, whilst they, no way abashed,
presented a bold front to the public stare, puffed the smoke of their
cigars into the faces of such as approached too near.
