The Fief Sault-Au-Matelot, Which At Present Belongs To The Seminary, Was
Granted To Guillaume Hebert On The 4th February, 1623, The Title Of Which
Was Ratified By The Due De Ventadour On The Last Day Of February, 1632.
On
the ground reclaimed from the river, about 1815, Messrs.
Munro and Bell,
eminent merchants, built wharves and some large warehouses, to which lead
"Bell's lane," (so named after the Honorable Matthew Bell) [113] the
streets St. James, Arthur, Dalhousie and others. Mr. Bell, at a later
period, one of the lessees of the St. Maurice Forges, resided in the
house - now St. Lawrence Chambers - situate at the corner of St. James and
St. Peter streets, now belonging to Mr. John Greaves Clapham, N. P. Hon.
Matthew Bell commanded a troop of cavalry, which was much admired by those
warlike gentlemen of 1812 - our respected fathers. He left a numerous
family, and was related by marriage to the families Montizambert, Bowen,
&c. Dalhousie street, in the Lower Town, probably dates from the time of
the Earl of Dalhousie (1827), when the "Quebec Exchange" was built by a
company of merchants. The extreme point of the Lower Town, towards the
northeast, constitutes "La Pointe a Carcy," named after Carcy Pages, who
succeeded to the office of "Guardian of the Harbor," held in 1713 by Louis
Pratt. In the offing is situated the wharf, alongside of which the stately
frigate Aurora, Captain De Horsey, passed the winter of 1866-7. The
wharves of the Quebec docks now mark the spot.
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