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birth, talent, and experience, who has been for a long time Grand Vicar and Archdeacon.
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I shall for my own part be particularly grateful for any kindness you may show him, after having made his acquaintance.
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I am with profound respect,
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Your very humble and obedient servant,
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J. TRIN,
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Bishop of Quebec
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Registered by command
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of his honor the president
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W. SHIRREFF, Secy.
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Sept. 16, 1742.
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Governor Mascarene to the Bishop of Quebec.
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[Translated from the French.]
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SIR, —
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I have received the letter which you have done me the honor to write to me. Some of the missionaries of the Romish Church who have come into this Government have caused a great deal of trouble by endeavoring to establish a power which is not recognized in the dominions of the King of Great Britain and which is repugnant to our laws. This government has been obliged therefore to make regulations in order to restrain them within necessary limits. These regulations are based on the fourteenth article of the peace of Utrecht which (while it grants the free exercise of their religion to the inhabitants of this province, who by taking the oath of allegiance would become subjects of the King of Great Britain, and would be entitled to the possession of their property) contains the following restricting clause — "So far as the laws of Great Britain permit."
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Therefore those who come into this government and who presume to exercise any ecclesiastical power of the Romish Church, act thereby in opposition to the laws of Great Britain, which neither recognise nor permit the exercise of that power. It has also been considered necessary by this Government to declare that no missionary priests shall come into this province until they shall have been appointed according to the regulations made for that purpose, and that when they shall have been thus appointed, they shall conform to the prescribed regulations, the design of which is not to restrain the people in their public worship but to prevent the coming of a greater number of missionaries than that already granted
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