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Letters patent
Land for acquisition by the Augustinian nuns of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Quebec City
Date
June 3, 1753
Dimensions1 textual record ; 29.9 x 25.4 cm
Origin
Versailles, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Object NumberS001/C1.6,4.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentKing’s decree to be executed by Michel-Ange Duquesne, Marquis of Menneville (1700-1778), governor general of New France, and François Bigot (1703-1778), intendant of New France, authorizing the Augustinian nuns of the Hôtel-Dieu in Quebec City to dispose of their seigneury on Isle-aux-Oies in order to acquire, under the prescribed terms, a plot of land measuring seven arpents on the river by ten arpents deep then being offered for sale by the estate of Michel Bégon de La Picardière (1667-1747), considered to better meet their needs. It appears that the community never acquired the land in question, since it was sold for 33,000 pounds.NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.
Signatures and inscriptions: signed “Louis” and countersigned “Rouillé.”
Physical description: vellum paper.
Language of the document: the document is in French.
Signatures and inscriptions: signed “Louis” and countersigned “Rouillé.”
Physical description: vellum paper.
Language of the document: the document is in French.
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