Picturesque Quebec, By James Macpherson Le Moine










































































































































 -  In April, 1881, Queen's College conferred on Mr.
Frechette the degree of Doctor of Laws, and McGill University also made - Page 782
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In April, 1881, Queen's College Conferred On Mr. Frechette The Degree Of Doctor Of Laws, And McGill University Also Made Him An LL.D. Since His Marriage In Montreal To Mdlle.

Beaudry, the poet resides in that city.

[31] A magnificent banquet had just previously been given to Mr. Frechette.

[32] The greatest of French Canada's poets died at St. Malo, France, in June 1880, an exile - and fugitive from Justice.

[33] Parkman's Old Regime, p. 192.

[34] Bouchette - Topography of Lower Canada, 1815.

[35] "There were in that forte and habitation thereof four brasse pieces each weighing about 150 lbs. weight, another piece of brasse ordinance weighing eighty lbs. weight, five iron boxes of shot, for the five brasse pieces of ordinance; two small iron pieces of ordinances weighing each eight cwt. six murderers with their double boxes or chargers, one small piece of ordinance weighing about eighty lbs., forty-five small iron bullets for the service of the aforesaid; five brasse pieces, six iron bullets for the service of the aforesaid, twenty-six brasse-pieces weighing only three lbs. each, thirty or forty lbs. of gunpowder all belonging to M. de Caen, of Dieppe; about thirty lbs. of mettle belonging to the French King; thirteen whole and one broken musket, a harquebush, two large harquebueses five or six foote longe, a piece belonging to the Kinge; five or six thousand leaden bulletts, plate and bars of lead belonging, sixty corselletts whereof two are compleat and pistoll proof; two great brasse pieces weighing eighty lbs., one pavilion to lodge about twenty men belonging to the Kinge, a smith's fordge with appurtenances, all necessaries for a carpenter, all appurtenances of iron work for a windmill; a handmill to grind corn; a brass bell belonging to the said merchants, and about 2,500 to 3,000 beaver skins in the magazines, and some cases of knives and the forte belonging to the Kinge, and the habitations and houses then belonging to the said merchants were all left standing.

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