The Fief Sault-au-Matelot belongs to the Seminary.
The Ursuline Nuns, the R. C. Church (La Fabrique), the Heirs LaRue, the
Hotel-Dieu Nuns, the Recollet Friars, each had his Fief. The Fief de la
Misericorde (Mercy) belongs to the Hotel-Dieu. The Heirs LaRue own the
Fief de Becancour and that of de Villeraie; there is also the Fief
Tasseville. The Fief of the Recollets - or Franciscan Friars - the order
being extinct, reverted to the Crown.
WAR DEPARTMENT PROPERTY IN QUEBEC CITY AND DISTRICT.
As per Schedule, Consolidated Statutes of Canada (22 Vict.) Cap. 36.
LOCAL NAME OF THE PROPERTY AND ORIGIN OF THE TITLE.
Exercising Ground, Plains of Abraham - Leasehold from the Ursuline
Nuns, 99 years from 1st May, 1802.
No. 3 Tower Field, N. W. of the Grande Allee, Plains of Abraham -
Leasehold from the Nuns of the Hotel-Dieu, 99 years from 1st May, 1790;
space covered by the tower is freehold.
No. 4 Tower Field, N. W. of St. John's Road - Leasehold from the Nuns
of the Hotel-Dieu; 99 years from 1st May, 1790; including a freehold
strip of 0a. 1r. 0-1/2p.
Land surrounding Nos. 1 and 2, Towers, S. E. side of the Grande Allee
Plains of Abraham - Acquired by purchase from the Ursuline Nuns, 15th
June, 1811, Joseph Plante, N. P., Quebec.
